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Home to 1,327 people, this town lies in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns (D−): bac results 4.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil 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-lès-Luxeuil 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-lès-Luxeuil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Etablissement thermal, in Luxeuil-les-Bains, 3.1 mi away.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €916/m², lower than both Haute-Saône’s towns (€1,108/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil from July 2023 to June 2026: 30 houses and apartments. Among the homes sold, 87% were houses.
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil can choose among 4 GPs. At birth, a girl in Haute-Saône can expect 84.7 years and a boy 78.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 148 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 116: 28% above.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil, 86.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Haute-Saône’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 74% passed the bac pro, of 91 candidates. The closest collège is 2.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des ThermesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 88 | 76%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent LumièreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 188 | 93%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
4.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €23,150 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (€22,560) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 18% have a degree. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below Haute-Saône’s towns (24%) and close to compared French towns (22%). At 48.5, the median resident of Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil. All told, Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil had 18 recorded offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 6.9.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (53.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
One notable person was born in Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil is a commune of 1,327 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Comté. 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
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-lès-Luxeuil | 1,327 | — | — | A+ | — | D− |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains | 6,663 | 3.3 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse | 2,814 | 3.4 | B− | A+ | A | D− |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert | 3,764 | 3.9 | A− | A | A+ | C− |
| Le Val-d'Ajol Vosges | 3,885 | 9.1 | A− | A+ | A | D |
| Xertigny Vosges | 2,589 | 13 | C+ | A+ | B+ | D |
| Lure | 7,877 | 14 | B− | A | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. 93% of 188 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Lumière in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil grades A+ for cost of living.
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 9, 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.