A higher share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns, at 39%
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 89% of compared French towns: 7.5%. At the 2023 Census, 1,206 people lived in Fontenay-sur-Eure, in 460 households. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in six here (16%). Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 3.5% of homes stand empty.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Fontenay-sur-Eure
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 5.4% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Fontenay-sur-Eure had 838 residents at the 2012 census and 1,206 in 2023, up 44%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fontenay-sur-Eure grew +44% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 99% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Eure-et-Loir town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +21%; from 2017 to 2023, +19%.
Younger than 75% of compared French towns: half of Fontenay-sur-Eure is under 40.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontenay-sur-Eure 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 19% in Fontenay-sur-Eure, less than in 99% 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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.6 people share a household. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.4%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
Fontenay-sur-Eure sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2%)
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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Fontenay-sur-Eure has 2.1%. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of households in social housing stands at 10%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,520 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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,520 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Only 29% of households are headed by a retired person in Fontenay-sur-Eure
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Fontenay-sur-Eure comes in at 12%. 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 89% of compared French towns: 1.3%. The median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Fontenay-sur-Eure comes in at 50%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 8.2% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 37% in Fontenay-sur-Eure. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Fontenay-sur-Eure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenay-sur-Eure | 40.7 | 16% | 1.9% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure 2,797 · 2.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2% | 4% |
| Luisant 6,945 · 3.3 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Lucé 15,921 · 3.4 mi | 40.6 | 22% | 1.1% | 16% |
| Mainvilliers 10,629 · 4.4 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Le Coudray 4,038 · 4.4 mi | 45 | 21% | 1.6% | 7.8% |
| Chartres 38,324 · 5 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 4% | 13% |
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 Fontenay-sur-Eure
What is the population of Fontenay-sur-Eure?
1,206 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 44% more than in 2012 (838).
How old are Fontenay-sur-Eure’s residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontenay-sur-Eure?
9, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontenay-sur-Eure?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontenay-sur-Eure?
€30,520 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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