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A town of 459 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Fontaines is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Fontaines does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fontaines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Marien, in Fontenoy, 3.7 mi away.
44% 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 Fontaines.
That puts Fontaines below both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 24% of residents are 65 or over.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Fontaines | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Fontaines is below both Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Fontaines has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 4.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
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.
In the comparison, Fontaines comes below both Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Fontaines is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Fontaines as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaines | 459 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Toucy | 2,571 | 3.5 | C+ | A− | C | C− |
| Montholon | 2,709 | 14 | B | A | A | D |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche | 3,151 | 15 | A | B− | A− | B+ |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye | 4,900 | 15 | C+ | A | B+ | D |
| Auxerre | 35,097 | 16 | C− | B | D | C+ |
| Appoigny | 3,114 | 18 | A | B+ | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Fontaines is a commune of 459 people in the Communauté de communes de Puisaye-Forterre. 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 October 30, 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.