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1,243 residents make their home in this town in Manche, Normandy.
Romagny Fontenay’s strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy does well (A−): 2 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car (D): 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for health.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Romagny Fontenay 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 3 things Romagny Fontenay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Romagny Fontenay 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.
Romagny Fontenay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Romagny Fontenay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Evroult, in Mortain-Bocage, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Romagny Fontenay.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,136/m², below Manche’s towns (€1,814/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.76/m² a month. 49 houses and apartments changed hands in Romagny Fontenay from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,136/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.1% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.1%, lower than both Manche’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 1,050 jobs are based in Romagny Fontenay, for 500 working residents (2 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: 14% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, above both Manche’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 29% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Romagny Fontenay | Manche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Romagny Fontenay, 92.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than Manche’s towns (94.3%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 2.4 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert de MortainNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 95%+8 pts |
| Lycée Robert de MortainNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 91 | 96%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 111 residents of Romagny Fontenay died, against 133 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Romagny Fontenay is Centre hospitalier de Saint Hilaire du Harcouet, 6.6 mi away. In Manche, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Romagny Fontenay. Best known first.
AttractionAbbaye Blanche4.1 km northeast, in Mortain-BocageAttractionAttractionRocher de l'aiguillein townAttractionAttractionGrande cascade de Mortain4.1 km northeast, in Le NeufbourgBattlefieldBattlefield30th Infantry Division Memorial4 km east, in Mortain-BocageChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Jean4.5 km southeast, in Mortain-BocagePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Romagny Fontenay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Romagny Fontenay yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romagny Fontenay | 1,243 | — | — | A+ | — | B |
| Mortain-Bocage | 2,961 | 2.2 | A− | A+ | C | A− |
| Grandparigny | 2,605 | 4.9 | — | A | — | A+ |
| Sourdeval | 3,026 | 7.2 | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | 5,770 | 7.2 | A− | A | C | B |
| Isigny-le-Buat | 3,183 | 8.9 | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Louvigné-du-Désert Ille-et-Vilaine | 3,346 | 12 | A | A | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Romagny Fontenay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns. 96% of 91 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Robert de Mortain in 2025, 2 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 Romagny Fontenay grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Romagny Fontenay is a commune of 1,243 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. 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 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.