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1,708 residents make their home in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (C−). Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Fénay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Fénay with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Fénay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Fénay; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1947.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fénay.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Côte-d'Or live to 86.1 on average and men to 80.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 103 residents of Fénay died, against 170 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Fénay have one GP on hand.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
7.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (22.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 5.2%. Fénay has 300 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
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.
Sales in Fénay from July 2023 to June 2026: 57 houses and apartments. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.92/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,694/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 5.4% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 10% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Fénay | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Fénay. Best known first.
The list names few of Fénay’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Fort de Beauregard (également sur commune de Longvic): Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fénay yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fénay | 1,708 | — | — | C | — | A+ |
| Longvic | 8,896 | 3.1 | C+ | C | C+ | C |
| Gevrey-Chambertin | 2,917 | 3.3 | B− | C+ | C+ | C |
| Marsannay-la-Côte | 5,433 | 3.4 | B+ | C− | B− | A |
| Neuilly-Crimolois | 3,588 | 3.6 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Chenôve | 14,244 | 4.1 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | 11,108 | 5.1 | B | C− | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fénay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.15/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fénay grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Fénay is a commune of 1,708 people in the Dijon Métropole. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 4, 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.