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With 92 residents, it is a town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
There are no grades for Fontaine-l'Étalon: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 28% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up a third of residents.
The 2 things Fontaine-l'Étalon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fontaine-l'Étalon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Hesdin-la-Forêt, 4.8 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Fontaine-l'Étalon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontaine-l'Étalon.
People 65 and over make up 33% of the town, higher than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.2% of the population. Also worth knowing: among adults, 12% have a degree.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Fontaine-l'Étalon | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 7.2% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 38% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 41% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 12% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
2.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (10.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 17.1% of working residents in Fontaine-l'Étalon didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Fontaine-l'Étalon recorded 5 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.49/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fontaine-l'Étalon yet.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Fontaine-l'Étalon is a commune of 92 people in the Communauté de communes du Ternois. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine-l'Étalon | 92 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt | 4,480 | 4.9 | C | B+ | D− | A− |
| Auxi-le-Château | 2,547 | 5.6 | C+ | A− | C− | C |
| Frévent | 3,259 | 10 | B− | A | D | D |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise | 4,677 | 13 | B− | B+ | D− | B+ |
| Doullens Somme | 5,751 | 16 | C+ | A− | D− | D |
| Abbeville Somme | 22,395 | 17 | D | B− | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 November 9, 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.