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A town of 319 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Only 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Fertans is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Fertans does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Fertans, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
22% 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 Fertans.
For Fertans, that is above both Doubs’ towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 15% of the town.
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Fertans | Doubs median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 29% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.4% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Fertans sits above both Doubs’ towns (8%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Fertans, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
That puts Fertans below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Fertans has 100 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.6 per worker. At the census, 5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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.
On this, Fertans is below both Doubs’ towns (€10.97/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Fertans. Best known first.
Fertans has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fertans yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Fertans is a commune of 319 people in the Communauté de communes Loue-Lison. 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 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.