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A town in Eure, Normandy, home to 1,056 people.
Its weakest is walkability (D). At the median price of €2,089/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine-Eure.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Fontaine-Bellenger has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Fontaine-Bellenger with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Fontaine-Bellenger has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Fontaine-Bellenger as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château du Colombier, in Heudebouville, 0.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontaine-Bellenger.
The median disposable income was €29,510 a year per consumption unit, above Eure’s towns (€24,410) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.2% of commuters at the census. At the census, 2.6% of working residents in Fontaine-Bellenger didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
33% of adults hold a degree, above both Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. Half the people of Fontaine-Bellenger are older than 42.2.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Fontaine-Bellenger | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,089/m²: 35 houses and apartments sold in Fontaine-Bellenger between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.93/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.49/m² a month, close to Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,089/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Eure can expect 84.7 years and a boy 78.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 52 residents of Fontaine-Bellenger died, against 59 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Fontaine-Bellenger is Centre hospitalier de Louviers Val de Reuil, 4.2 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Heritage in and near Fontaine-Bellenger. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Courtmoulin5 km southeast, in Le Val d'HazeyChâteauChâteauMotte castrale de Venables3.4 km northeast, in Les Trois LacsChâteauChâteauChâteau du Colombier1.5 km northwest, in HeudebouvilleChâteauChâteauChâteau Corneille2.6 km southeast, in Le Val d'HazeyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Fontaine-Bellenger 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 Fontaine-Bellenger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine-Bellenger | 1,056 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Le Val d'Hazey | 5,111 | 3.5 | C+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Gaillon | 6,746 | 4 | C− | B− | C | B− |
| Louviers | 18,705 | 4.6 | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| Le Vaudreuil | 3,624 | 5.7 | A− | C | A+ | C |
| Val-de-Reuil | 13,245 | 6.4 | C− | B | D | D |
| Les Andelys | 7,706 | 8.7 | C− | B | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fontaine-Bellenger has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,089/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fontaine-Bellenger grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Fontaine-Bellenger is a commune of 1,056 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Seine-Eure. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.