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A town of 60 in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Fontenotte a good place to live?

Fontenotte isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 15- to 24-year-olds are 17% of the population.

What makes Fontenotte stand out

The one thing Fontenotte does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Fontenotte

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

The nearest classé monument is Abbaye de bénédictines, in Baume-les-Dames, 2.5 mi away.

38% 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 Fontenotte.

Who lives here

Children make up only 9.4% of Fontenotte, fewer than in Doubs’ towns and across compared French towns

6.7% of adults hold a degree, below both Doubs’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. The age that splits Fontenotte in two is 47.5.

47.5median age
FontenotteDoubs medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP51%
Baccalauréat27%
Higher education7%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fontenotte
FontenotteDoubs medianFrance median
Under 159.4%17%17%
15–2417%11%11%
25–4417%22%23%
45–6436%25%26%
65+21%23%22%
No diploma13%23%19%
CAP or BEP51%27%26%
Baccalauréat27%17%18%
Higher education6.7%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fontenotte has lower unemployment than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: 6.7%

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.9% of commuters travelled at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot7%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Fontenotte, 0.2 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The bac pass rate near Fontenotte is 84.0%, below Doubs’ towns (87.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 15.2 mi off.

87.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Fontenotte87.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Fontenotte84.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollègeCollège10187%−2 pts
Lycée professionnel Jouffroy d'AbbansNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée4384%+3 pts
84%
passed the vocational bac, +3 pts against the expected rate
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
2.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Fontenotte costs less than in Doubs’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.75/m² a month

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

The market in Fontenotte: 1 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€9.75/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fontenotte€9.75/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Doubs median€10.97/m²
€9.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.09 to €11.75/m² a month)
€9.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Sainte-Odile and 2 more in and around Fontenotte

Museums in and near Fontenotte. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Fontenotte

13pages on Fontenotte

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Fontenotte

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

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Fontenotte’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 Doubs →
Baume-les-DamesThiseL'Isle-sur-le-DoubsSaôneValdahonBesançonBaume-les-DamesThiseL'Isle-sur-le-DoubsSaôneValdahonBesançonFontenotte
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fontenotte60—————
Baume-les-Dames5,1552.4B−AC−C−
Thise2,99413—C—B−
L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs2,78013C−ACD
Saône3,19514AC+AB−
Valdahon5,70516B+C+B+B+
Besançon118,48917CCC−B

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

About Fontenotte

Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Fontenotte is a commune of 60 people in the Communauté de communes du Doubs Baumois. 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
60 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Doubs Baumois
Département
Doubs (25)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.7 km²)
INSEE code
25249

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.