Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Fontangy is over 53.8
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Fontangy has 25%. The town’s 77 households held 162 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 1% locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Fontangy
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fontangy, 13% of its 110 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Fontangy’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Here 8% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in seven here (14%).
A growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 70% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and +17% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −2% in Côte-d'Or.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontangy 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. On couples with children, 25% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,410 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Living standards centre on €25,410 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 6.2% in Fontangy, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Fontangy. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 19%, more than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.5% of residents are immigrants in Fontangy
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Fontangy, 2.5%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fontangy sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (16%)
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The share of married residents stands at 42%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 22%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In Fontangy, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (162 to 2,582 people), the 7th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Fontangy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontangy | 53.8 | 22% | 13% | 2.5% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 10.6 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 14.4 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Fontangy
What is the population of Fontangy?
162 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (147).
How old are Fontangy’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontangy?
14, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontangy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontangy?
€25,410 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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