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A town of 173 in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Foissy is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Foissy does most differently from other towns.
Foissy has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1993.
42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Foissy.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Foissy is Château d'Antigny. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% of the town, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children are 17% of the town. The 65-and-over age group makes up 20% of residents.
41% women, 59% men
About 69 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Foissy | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 42% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Foissy has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 11.5% of working residents in Foissy didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 6 homes in Foissy.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Foissy. Best known first.
Foissy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château d'Antigny: Photo: Bildoj · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Foissy yet.
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Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Foissy is a commune of 173 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Arnay Liernais. 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) · 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 October 30, 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.