Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
169 people live in this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Fontenelle is too small for the grades other French towns get. Just 9% of residents are 65 or older.
The one thing Fontenelle does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fontenelle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Rosières, in Saint-Seine-sur-Vingeanne, 1.4 mi away.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontenelle.
Children under 15 make up 23%, above both Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Fontenelle is 39.3 years old. People aged 15 to 24 are 11% of the population.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Fontenelle | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 8.9% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 4.3%, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €26,370 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Fontenelle 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 11 homes in Fontenelle.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Fontenelle. Best known first.
Nothing in Fontenelle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fontenelle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenelle | 169 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gray Haute-Saône | 5,365 | 11 | C− | A | D− | C |
| Is-sur-Tille | 4,302 | 12 | A | B+ | B+ | B− |
| Arc-sur-Tille | 2,584 | 14 | — | A− | — | A |
| Quetigny | 8,971 | 18 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 7,544 | 18 | A− | D | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Fontenelle is a commune of 169 people in the Communauté de communes Mirebellois et Fontenois. 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 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.