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FontangyCôte-d'Or

162 people call this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.

Is Fontangy a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Fontangy is too small for the grades other French towns get. 13% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Fontangy stand out

The one thing Fontangy does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Fontangy

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

The nearest classé monument is Château (ruines), in Charny, 2.7 mi away.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontangy.

Who lives here

Few people in Fontangy are 15 to 24: 4.5%, fewer than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by 22% of adults, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. The age that splits Fontangy in two is 53.8.

53.8median age
FontangyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP40%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fontangy
FontangyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–244.5%11%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6439%26%26%
65+22%24%22%
No diploma19%22%19%
CAP or BEP40%25%26%
Baccalauréat14%17%18%
Higher education22%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 11.1% of commuters in Fontangy go to work without a car, fewer than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

Fontangy has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Of those in the labour force, 7.2% are unemployed. At the census, 9.9% of working residents in Fontangy didn’t travel to work at all.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving77%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Fontangy, 0.4 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Fontangy costs less than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.49/m² a month

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

Sales in Fontangy from July 2023 to June 2026: 6 houses and apartments.

€7.49/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fontangy€7.49/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€7.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.67 to €9.89/m² a month)
€7.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Missery and 2 more in and around Fontangy

Heritage in and near Fontangy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Fontangy

12pages on Fontangy

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Fontangy

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

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Fontangy’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 →
Semur-en-AuxoisVenarey-les-LaumesSemur-en-AuxoisVenarey-les-LaumesFontangy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fontangy162—————
Semur-en-Auxois3,98611A−A−CB−
Venarey-les-Laumes2,74714A−AA+C

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

About Fontangy

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

Fontangy is a commune of 162 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois. 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
162 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
6.9 sq mi (17.8 km²)
INSEE code
21280

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 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.