Fontenay-sur-Loing’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): 4% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median price paid is €1,516/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Fontenay-sur-Loing 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 Fontenay-sur-Loing 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Maison · Inscrit · Photo: Frank SELESNIEW (Mariedofra) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fontenay-sur-Loing’s story
Fontenay-sur-Loing in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Fontenay-sur-Loing: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1931.
1977First protected: Terrain de 4291 m2 constituant le gisement préhistorique di…
2025Most recently protected: Tour funéraire dite Tour Faffe
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontenay-sur-Loing.
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Fontenay-sur-Loing run above what its ages would predict: 106 per 100 expected, more than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Fontenay-sur-Loing is Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise, 6.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 149 residents of Fontenay-sur-Loing died, against 141 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. Average lifespans in Loiret: 85.4 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Fontenay-sur-Loing · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise
6.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Fontenay-sur-Loing is higher than in 72% of French communes of 1,000+
For its 650 residents in work, Fontenay-sur-Loing has 600 jobs: 0.9 each. At the census, 10.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Loiret’s towns (13.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Also worth knowing: 10.8% of the labour force are out of work.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport9%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
600
jobs based in Fontenay-sur-Loing, 0.9 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 29% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments in Fontenay-sur-Loing, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when 10% of homes were built. Among the classé monuments in Fontenay-sur-Loing is Terrain de 4291 m2 constituant le gisement préhistorique dit de la Maison Blanche. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Fontenay-sur-Loing hold a degree than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns: 18%
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Loiret’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Residents of Fontenay-sur-Loing have a median age of 47.3. Retirement age and beyond: 24% of residents are 65 or older.
47.3median age
Fontenay-sur-LoingLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Fontenay-sur-Loing has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The commonest graded crime in Fontenay-sur-Loing was criminal damage (2025). For 2025, the figures show 24 offenses in the town. Violence against people averaged 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.3.
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Burglary9
Armed robbery0
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
30.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 30.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Abbaye Royale de Ferrières and 2 more in and around Fontenay-sur-Loing
Heritage and museums in and near Fontenay-sur-Loing. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Fontenay-sur-Loing: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fontenay-sur-Loing
Is Fontenay-sur-Loing safe?
Fontenay-sur-Loing has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Fontenay-sur-Loing good?
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Fontenay-sur-Loing expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fontenay-sur-Loing grades A− for cost of living.
About Fontenay-sur-Loing
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Fontenay-sur-Loing is a commune of 1,659 people in the Communauté de communes des Quatre Vallées. 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
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.
