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The town, home to 474 people, lies in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France.
Bellefontaine has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. It skews older: nearly a third of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Bellefontaine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bellefontaine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Léger, in Jagny-sous-Bois, 1.7 mi away.
18% 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 Bellefontaine.
The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, lower than Val-d'Oise’s towns (12%) and near compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. Degrees are held by 27% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Bellefontaine | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
15.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than Val-d'Oise’s towns (38.0%) yet higher than compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Bellefontaine number 100, against 200 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €30,380 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Near Bellefontaine, 89.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, between Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 155 | 86%−2 pts |
| Lycée Charles BaudelaireNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 208 | 90%±0 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.
Houses accounted for 85% of sales, apartments for the rest. 20 houses and apartments changed hands in Bellefontaine from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €17.08/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Bellefontaine. Best known first.
Nothing in Bellefontaine 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 Bellefontaine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefontaine | 474 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marly-la-Ville | 6,022 | 1.8 | B− | D− | B− | B+ |
| Fosses | 10,570 | 1.9 | D | D− | C | B− |
| Luzarches | 5,008 | 2.4 | C− | C− | C+ | C− |
| Chaumontel | 3,332 | 2.6 | — | D | — | C+ |
| Puiseux-en-France | 3,765 | 2.9 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Coye-la-Forêt Oise | 3,915 | 3 | B+ | C− | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Bellefontaine is a commune of 474 people in the Communauté de communes Carnelle Pays-de-France. 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.