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Some 1,369 people live in this town, in Haute-Marne, Grand Est.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is its weak spot — 1 job per working resident; 12.1% unemployment. The median price paid is €930/m². Over-65s are 36% of the population.
Froncles 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.
The 2 things Froncles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Froncles 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.
Froncles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Froncles; none is classé, France’s top protection.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Froncles.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 39 homes in Froncles. Of the homes sold, 95% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,042/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €22,400 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Marne’s towns (€22,675) and below compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 14.4% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Froncles holds 450 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. The unemployment rate comes to 12.1%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children are 11% of the town. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4% of the town, lower than both Haute-Marne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Half of Froncles is older than 55.3, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Froncles | Haute-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 29% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 12% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Froncles is Centre hospitalier de Chaumont, 12.1 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 176 residents of Froncles died, against 209 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. Average lifespans in Haute-Marne: 84.1 years for women, 77.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Froncles; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Froncles 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 Froncles yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Froncles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Froncles grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Froncles is a commune of 1,369 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Chaumont. 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 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.