Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,184 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Fontoy grades C+ overall: better than 43% of compared French towns, and #27 of 68 in Moselle. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Fontoy 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Fontoy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Morlange, in Fameck, 5.1 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontoy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 334 deaths in Fontoy from 2016 to 2025; there were 444, 33% more. The nearest emergency department to Fontoy is Chr Metz Thionville Hopital Bel Air Thionville, 7 mi away. 3 GPs practise here.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
France’s property-sale records don’t cover Alsace and Moselle, which keep their own land register, so the Cost Grade here uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Fontoy is 96.0%, above both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #46 of 78 in Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 59%−14 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Vincent de Paul PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 52 | 94%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Saint-Vincent de Paul PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 110 | 97%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
6.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 9.3% are unemployed. 600 jobs are based in Fontoy, for 1,450 working residents (0.4 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Moselle’s towns (11%). Among adults, 26% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Fontoy | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Fontoy. Best known first.
MuseumÉcomusée des mines de fer de Lorraine3.8 km southeast, in NeufchefChâteauChâteauChâteau Latourte3.5 km east, in NilvangeChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Direction Smk3.4 km east, in NilvangePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Fontoy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Fontoy.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades A+ for safety, #5 of 68 in Moselle.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #46 of 78 in Moselle. 94% of 52 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Vincent de Paul in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Fontoy is a commune of 3,184 people in the Thionville Fensch Agglomération. 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) · 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.