Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fons.
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Fons than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: 35% of adults
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, below Lot’s towns (35%) but above compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.
51.1median age
FonsLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Fons keeps more of its old housing than Lot or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Fons is Maison Reveillac à Aubignières. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 0.7% of commuters in Fons go to work without a car, fewer than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns
50 jobs are based in Fons, for 150 working residents (0.5 per worker). Unemployment stood at 10.0%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Lot’s towns (12.8%). No commute at all: 7.7% of working residents in the town at the census.
1%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Fons, 0.5 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Fons
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Fons is a commune of 403 people in the Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac. 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.
