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FoulenayJura

82 people call this town in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.

Is Foulenay a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Foulenay out for now. Just over one in ten homes here are second homes. Over-65s are 46% of the population.

What makes Foulenay stand out

The 2 things Foulenay does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Foulenay’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Foulenay’s story

No historic monuments in Foulenay

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

The nearest classé monument is Ensemble industriel des forges de Baudin (également sur commune de Sellières), in Toulouse-le-Château, 4.9 mi away.

20% 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 Foulenay.

Who lives here

An older town: 46% of people in Foulenay are 65 or over, more than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns

14% of adults hold a degree, below Jura’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Children are 11% of the town. On top of that, people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2% of the town.

62.2median age
FoulenayJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma32%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education14%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Foulenay
FoulenayJura medianFrance median
Under 1511%14%17%
15–247.2%10%11%
25–449.6%21%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+46%27%22%
No diploma32%21%19%
CAP or BEP35%25%26%
Baccalauréat15%18%18%
Higher education14%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Foulenay has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.3 for each

9.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Jura’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 5.0% of working residents in Foulenay at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Foulenay, 0.3 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Foulenay costs less than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.41/m² a month

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

Sales in Foulenay from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments.

€9.41/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Foulenay€9.41/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€9.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.46 to €11.88/m² a month)
€8.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Foulenay

11pages on Foulenay

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Foulenay

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

How we find them →

Foulenay’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 Jura →
PolignyMontmorotTavauxLons-le-SaunierArboisDamparisPolignyMontmorotTavauxLons-le-SaunierArboisDamparisFoulenay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Foulenay82—————
Poligny3,97611A+AC+B+
Montmorot3,26113BBC−B
Tavaux3,88813AB+BA−
Lons-le-Saunier16,61813C+B+DB−
Arbois3,11414A+A−AC+
Damparis2,58715BA−AC−

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

About Foulenay

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Foulenay is a commune of 82 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Haute Seille. 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
82 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bresse Haute Seille
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.6 sq mi (4.1 km²)
INSEE code
39234

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 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.