The picture is mixed. Its strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is another plus (A+): 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 47% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety lags: an average of 8.3 recorded violent incidents and 22.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, ranking #9 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. That leaves it better than 61% of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Fontainebleau 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontainebleau.
HealthHealth A+
Deaths in Fontainebleau run below what its ages would predict: 62 per 100 expected, fewer than Seine-et-Marne’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Fontainebleau can choose among 38 GPs. In Seine-et-Marne, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 1,426 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,912: 25% below.
−38%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw75
Adjusted62
Median town88
Expected100
38
GPs in Fontainebleau · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Sud Seine et Marne site Fontainebleau
0.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Sud Seine et Marne site Fontainebleau
85.4 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Seine-et-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More protected monuments for its size in Fontainebleau than in Seine-et-Marne or compared French towns: 28 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for nearly a quarter of the housing. Since 2022, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Fontainebleau has 44 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 10 classé, the highest protection, and 34 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Caserne Boufflers et ancien hôtel de Ferrare.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Fontainebleau run higher than in Seine-et-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: a median €31,480 a year per consumption unit
Per resident in work, Fontainebleau counts 1.7 jobs (10,500 jobs, 6,350 workers). No commute at all: 5.9% of working residents locally at the census. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, higher than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
47%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving47%
Public transport27%
On foot16%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
10,500
jobs based in Fontainebleau, 1.7 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 97% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
A home in Fontainebleau sells for €4,623/m², more than in Seine-et-Marne’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €17.77/m² a month, higher than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). In Fontainebleau, houses go for €5,495/m² and apartments for €4,447/m². A house rents for an estimated €15.34/m² a month.
€4,623/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fontainebleau€4,623/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-et-Marne median€3,093/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,495/m²
153
Apartments
€4,447/m²
565
€17.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€13.95 to €22.63/m² a month)
10
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
€32,430
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Fontainebleau
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Fontainebleau runs higher than in 83% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 499 offenses in Fontainebleau. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Fontainebleau (2025).
8.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage198
Theft from vehicles77
Other physical violence65
Burglary49
Family violence43
Sexual violence42
Vehicle theft25
Theft without violence202
Fraud131
Drug use129
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.
8.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
499
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
More people in Fontainebleau hold a degree than in Seine-et-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 55%
25% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 14% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population.
44.9median age
FontainebleauSeine-et-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP12%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education55%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
92.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 1.6 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Fontainebleau is 94.6%, higher than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #4 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Caserne Boufflers et ancien hôtel de Ferrare: Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine de Fontainebleau: Photo: ignis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien chenil royal, actuellement école d'application d'artillerie: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Quartier du Carrousel: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Louis XIII: Philippe de Champaigne / Formerly attributed to Jan van Belcamp, Public domain · Philippe IV de France: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · François II: Attributed to François Clouet, Public domain · Louis de France: After Joseph Parrocel / Workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud, Public domain · Élisabeth de France: Peter Paul Rubens, Public domain · Élisabeth de France: Manner of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Public domain
Fontainebleau’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 Fontainebleau
Is Fontainebleau safe?
It grades C− for safety, #89 of 104 in Seine-et-Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 49 burglaries and 198 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Fontainebleau good?
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #4 of 114 in Seine-et-Marne. 98% of 300 candidates passed the bac at Lycée international François 1er in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Fontainebleau expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fontainebleau grades D for cost of living.
About Fontainebleau
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Fontainebleau is a commune of 15,583 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Fontainebleau. 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
15,583 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Fontainebleau
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.
