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1,109 residents make their home in this town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Fontenailles’s strongest is jobs & income — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. Schools lag: bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Fontenailles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Fontenailles 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.
Fontenailles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Fontenailles does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fontenailles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne fleurdelysée n° 30, in Grandpuits-Bailly-Carrois, 2.3 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Fontenailles 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 Fontenailles.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 92% passed the bac pro, of 26 candidates. The nearest collège is 3.1 mi away. At the general lycée, 93% of 179 candidates passed the bac, 3 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René BarthélémyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 167 | 74%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Henri BecquerelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 179 | 93%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: a fifth of residents are under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, lower than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) yet higher than compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Fontenailles is 39.8.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Fontenailles | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Fontenailles is Centre hospitalier Sud Seine et Marne site Montereau, 11.6 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, Fontenailles’ deaths ran at 95 per 100 expected, above Seine-et-Marne’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88) alike. 53 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 56: 5% below. Life expectancy in Seine-et-Marne: 85.4 years for women and 81 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. 28 houses and apartments changed hands in Fontenailles from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
6.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 13.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Fontenailles. Best known first.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Fontenailles as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Fontenailles is a commune of 1,109 people in the Communauté de communes Brie Nangissienne. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenailles | 1,109 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Nangis | 8,867 | 3 | D | C− | B− | C |
| Mormant | 5,282 | 4.8 | B− | C− | B+ | B+ |
| Le Châtelet-en-Brie | 4,207 | 8.1 | B− | C | A | D |
| Verneuil-l'Étang | 3,223 | 8.4 | C | C− | B+ | C− |
| Guignes | 4,448 | 8.9 | C | C | A | C− |
| Rozay-en-Brie | 2,860 | 9 | B+ | C | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fontenailles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.