Flats make up 1.1% in Fontenay-près-Chablis, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for second homes is 7.6% in Fontenay-près-Chablis and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 134 residents in 60 households. In Fontenay-près-Chablis, 38% of households are headed by a manual worker. On couples with children, Fontenay-près-Chablis sits higher than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 31%.
Throughout this page, the Yonne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Fontenay-près-Chablis
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (27%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fontenay-près-Chablis’s population moved −3% on 2012, less than in 81% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Yonne town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
A median age of 46: Fontenay-près-Chablis is older than 63% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontenay-près-Chablis 46. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Fontenay-près-Chablis has 12%. Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 73% of compared French towns: 31%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fontenay-près-Chablis ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 27%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
9.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 39% have been in their home 30 years or more. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 3.3%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €33,140 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €33,140 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
Fontenay-près-Chablis ranks below 89% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 23%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 2.9%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals: 1.5%, below 87% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 50% in Fontenay-près-Chablis, more than in 90% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Fontenay-près-Chablis. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 29% of adults out of school have no qualification
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Fontenay-près-Chablis, 20%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 134 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Fontenay-près-Chablis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenay-près-Chablis | 46 | 21% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 7.8 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 10.7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 11.5 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 11.7 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 13.3 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 13.3 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Fontenay-près-Chablis
What is the population of Fontenay-près-Chablis?
134 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (138).
How old are Fontenay-près-Chablis’ residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontenay-près-Chablis?
7, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontenay-près-Chablis?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontenay-près-Chablis?
€33,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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