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Population 281: a town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Fretterans is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Over-65s are 29% of the population.
The one thing Fretterans does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fretterans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Neublans, in Neublans-Abergement, 2 mi away.
22% 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 Fretterans.
People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and above compared French towns (22%). Fretterans has a median age of 52.3 years.
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Fretterans | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 12% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Fretterans holds 50 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.7% of working residents in Fretterans didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 2.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre VauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 84%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Fretterans from July 2023 to June 2026: 9 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Fretterans. Best known first.
Nothing in Fretterans 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 Fretterans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fretterans | 281 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tavaux Jura | 3,888 | 10 | A | B+ | B | A− |
| Damparis Jura | 2,587 | 12 | B | A− | A | C− |
| Dole Jura | 23,840 | 15 | B− | B+ | C | B− |
| Gergy | 2,566 | 17 | — | B+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Fretterans is a commune of 281 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Nord Intercom'. 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 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.