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FoncegriveCôte-d'Or

Some 126 people live in this town, in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Foncegrive a good place to live?

There are no grades for Foncegrive: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. It skews older: 31% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Foncegrive stand out

The one thing Foncegrive does most differently from other towns.

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Foncegrive’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Foncegrive’s story

No historic monuments in Foncegrive

The Culture ministry lists no building in Foncegrive as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Portail compagnonnique, in Marey-sur-Tille, 3.5 mi away.

22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Foncegrive has fewer young adults than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24

Among adults, 14% have a degree. 7.1% are under 15, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Foncegrive has a median age of 57.4.

57.4median age
FoncegriveCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma31%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education14%

Women and men · all residents

42% women, 58% men

About 73 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Foncegrive
FoncegriveCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 157.1%15%17%
15–246.3%11%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+31%24%22%
No diploma31%22%19%
CAP or BEP38%25%26%
Baccalauréat12%17%18%
Higher education14%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Foncegrive walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3%

Unemployment stood at 11.3%, above Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The median disposable income is €26,740 a year per consumption unit. 9.1% of Foncegrive’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter4%
On foot2%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Foncegrive, 0.4 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 18.2 mi away.

85.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Foncegrive85.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Champ LumièreNearest collègeCollègeCollège6785%−4 pts
85.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Foncegrive than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.16/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €7.19/m² a month. Foncegrive recorded 7 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.16/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Foncegrive€9.16/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€9.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.20 to €11.64/m² a month)
€7.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Foncegrive

12pages on Foncegrive

Landmarks

Nothing in Foncegrive is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Foncegrive

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Foncegrive yet.

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Foncegrive’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Côte-d'Or →
Is-sur-TilleIs-sur-TilleFoncegrive
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Foncegrive126—————
Is-sur-Tille4,3026.7AB+B+B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Foncegrive

Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Foncegrive is a commune of 126 people in the Communauté de communes Tille et Venelle. 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

Population
126 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Tille et Venelle
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.9 sq mi (10.2 km²)
INSEE code
21275

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.