Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 116 residents and lies in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Villars-Fontaine is too small for the grades other French towns get. Just over one in ten homes here are second homes.
The one thing Villars-Fontaine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villars-Fontaine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Symphorien, in Nuits-Saint-Georges, 2.4 mi away.
23% 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 Villars-Fontaine.
People aged 15 to 24 are 8.4% of the population. 11% are under 15, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 27% of the population.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Villars-Fontaine | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 13.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, about level with compared French towns (13.4%) and below Côte-d'Or’s towns (22.8%). 7.0% of people in the labour force have no job. Per resident in work, Villars-Fontaine counts 0.6 jobs (50 jobs, 50 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 3 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 7.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Félix TisserandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 96%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.92/m² a month. The market in Villars-Fontaine: 7 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Villars-Fontaine. Best known first.
MuseumMusée municipal de Nuits-Saint-Georges4.5 km east, in Nuits-Saint-GeorgesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Vivant de Vergy2.7 km north, in Curtil-VergyChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Entre-Deux-Monts4.1 km northeast, in Nuits-Saint-GeorgesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villers-la-Faye5 km south, in Villers-la-FayeAttractionAttractionAncien vendangeoir4.9 km east, in Vosne-RomanéePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Villars-Fontaine 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 Villars-Fontaine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villars-Fontaine | 116 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges | 5,235 | 2.7 | A | B | B− | B− |
| Gevrey-Chambertin | 2,917 | 7.1 | B− | C+ | C+ | C |
| Beaune | 20,352 | 8.9 | B+ | C | C− | A− |
| Marsannay-la-Côte | 5,433 | 10 | B+ | C− | B− | A |
| Chenôve | 14,244 | 11 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Longvic | 8,896 | 13 | C+ | C | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Villars-Fontaine is a commune of 116 people in the Communauté de communes de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. 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 9, 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.