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FontenyMoselle

143 people live in this town in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Fonteny a good place to live?

Fonteny has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Fonteny’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Fonteny’s story

No historic monuments in Fonteny

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Baudrecourt, 5.4 mi away.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fonteny.

Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in Fonteny are under 15, more than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns

A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Ages in Fonteny split evenly at 42.2: half are older, half younger. Graduates make up 26% of adults.

42.2median age
FontenyMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fonteny
FontenyMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1521%17%17%
15–249.9%11%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6424%27%26%
65+23%22%22%
No diploma27%23%19%
CAP or BEP26%30%26%
Baccalauréat16%17%18%
Higher education26%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Fonteny has lower unemployment than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 3.0%

At the census, 1.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €25,470 a year per consumption unit.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
Public transport2%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Fonteny, 0.1 per working resident
3.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
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 Fonteny costs less than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.76/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €8.36/m² a month.

€7.76/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fonteny€7.76/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€7.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.30 to €9.57/m² a month)
€8.36/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 Fonteny

10pages on Fonteny

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Fonteny

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

How we find them →

Fonteny’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 Moselle →
MorhangeDieuzeFaulquemontCréhangeSeichampsPulnoyMorhangeDieuzeFaulquemontCréhangeSeichampsPulnoyFonteny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fonteny143—————
Morhange3,3088.5DB−C−C
Dieuze2,77013C+A−DC+
Faulquemont5,10913CA−C+D
Créhange3,69113B+A−A+B−
Seichamps Meurthe-et-Moselle5,16515A+BAA−
Pulnoy Meurthe-et-Moselle5,09916A−C−A−B

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

About Fonteny

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Fonteny is a commune of 143 people in the Communauté de communes du Saulnois. 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
143 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Saulnois
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
6 sq mi (15.6 km²)
INSEE code
57225

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 October 30, 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.