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The town has 269 residents and lies in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Fain-lès-Montbard is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. People aged 65 and over make up 36% of residents.
The one thing Fain-lès-Montbard does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fain-lès-Montbard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye de Fontenay, in Marmagne, 2.2 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Fain-lès-Montbard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fain-lès-Montbard.
People 65 and over make up 36% of the town, higher than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 14% of the population here. Half the people of Fain-lès-Montbard are older than 52.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Fain-lès-Montbard | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 40% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,000 a year. Fain-lès-Montbard has 150 jobs for 100 working residents, 1.1 per worker. The census found 6.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 14 homes were sold in Fain-lès-Montbard. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.03/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Fain-lès-Montbard. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fain-lès-Montbard yet.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Fain-lès-Montbard is a commune of 269 people in the Communauté de communes du Montbardois. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fain-lès-Montbard | 269 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montbard | 4,639 | 3.2 | B | A− | C+ | A− |
| Venarey-les-Laumes | 2,747 | 5.4 | A− | A | A+ | C |
| Semur-en-Auxois | 3,986 | 8.4 | A− | A− | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.