Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The median price paid is €3,745/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Fontaines-Saint-Martin has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Fontaines-Saint-Martin 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.
Château du Buisson: Photo: Dominique Robert · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontaines-Saint-Martin.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fontaines-Saint-Martin is better off than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €38,480 a year per consumption unit
18%walk, cycle or take transit
Fontaines-Saint-Martin holds 400 jobs; 1,300 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 8.5%, above Rhône’s towns (8.1%) but below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 10.4% of working residents in Fontaines-Saint-Martin went to work by public transport.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
Public transport10%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
400
jobs based in Fontaines-Saint-Martin, 0.3 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€38,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Fontaines-Saint-Martin’s grade for cost of living: a D
€3,745/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.44/m² a month, about level with Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €15.34/m² a month. Sales in Fontaines-Saint-Martin from July 2023 to June 2026: 85 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fontaines-Saint-Martin€3,745/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,300/m²
57
€14.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.39 to €18.31/m² a month)
9.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,800
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole de Lyon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than expected: Fontaines-Saint-Martin is below 86% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (92 places) counts its residents as Fontaines-Saint-Martin’s; allowing for it, deaths were 27% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 280 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 286, 2% more. In Rhône, life expectancy at birth reaches 87.1 years for women and 81.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 2 GPs practise in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Fontaines-Saint-Martin · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Lyon Nord
4.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Croix Rousse Hospices Civils de Lyon
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
93.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the six collèges within 5 km, 0.6 points above the expected rate
99%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #36 of 115 in Rhône on results. The nearest collège is 0.8 mi away. At the three general lycées, 99% of 526 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fontaines-Saint-Martin is a graduates’ town: 58% hold a degree, more than in Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns
42.7median age
Children under 15 make up just over a fifth of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, below Rhône’s towns (11%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Fontaines-Saint-Martin by age and the one in the middle is 42.7.
Fontaines-Saint-MartinRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP14%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education58%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Fontaines-Saint-Martin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Among the graded crimes in Fontaines-Saint-Martin, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.4 violent offenses and 13.1 graded property crimes a year. 2025 saw 29 offenses recorded here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Burglary12
Armed robbery0
Fraud31
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
2.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
29
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
25.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 25.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Fontaines-Saint-Martin is a commune of 3,098 people in the Métropole de Lyon. 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
3,098 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Métropole de Lyon
Département
Rhône (69)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.7 km²)
INSEE code
69087
Fontaines-Saint-Martin’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fontaines-Saint-Martin
Is Fontaines-Saint-Martin safe?
Fontaines-Saint-Martin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Fontaines-Saint-Martin good?
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns and #36 of 115 in Rhône. The lycée stands out: 100% of 226 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de Bellegarde in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Fontaines-Saint-Martin expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fontaines-Saint-Martin grades D for cost of living.
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.
