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A town of 725 in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Frontenaud out for now. Second homes make up 17% of its housing. Over-65s are just over a third of the population.
The 3 things Frontenaud does most differently from other towns.
Frontenaud has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Frontenaud.
A fifth of adults hold a degree, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Frontenaud | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.3% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Frontenaud has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
200 jobs are based in Frontenaud, for 250 working residents (0.7 per worker). No commute at all: 10.0% of working residents in the town at the census. Households’ median disposable income: €25,820 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.37/m² a month, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.09/m² a month. The market in Frontenaud: 32 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,424/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Frontenaud. Best known first.
The list names few of Frontenaud’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Crôzes: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Frontenaud 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontenaud | 725 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud | 6,446 | 6.2 | B | A− | C− | C+ |
| Montmorot Jura | 3,261 | 14 | B | B | C− | B |
| Lons-le-Saunier Jura | 16,618 | 15 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse Ain | 2,743 | 17 | B− | C+ | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Frontenaud is a commune of 725 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Louhannaise 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.