A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 31%
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 305 residents in 160 households: that is Fontenoy at the 2023 Census. For Fontenoy, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 5.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Fontenoy has 2.2%.
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 Fontenoy
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 76 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fontenoy, 31% of its 240 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Fontenoy’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Fontenoy’s households are one person: higher than in 91% of compared French towns; 37% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 7.3% of households have no car. Flats make up 30% in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 14, where the median compared French town has 11%.
From 2012 to 2023, 81% of compared French towns grew faster than Fontenoy: −3%
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Yonne town −4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Half of Fontenoy is over 53, older than 91% 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
■ Fontenoy 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 91% of compared French towns, at 49%
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
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Fontenoy. A household here holds 1.9 people on average. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,290 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.
At €24,290 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 40%, a higher share than 83% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Fontenoy, 12%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 81% of compared French towns: 3.1% of residents are immigrants
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.1%), Fontenoy is below 77% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Fontenoy
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Fontenoy, 46%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 305 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Nearby, 1 of 5 towns have older populations than Fontenoy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenoy | 53 | 31% | 31% | 3.1% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 5.9 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 15.4 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 16.5 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 16.9 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 11% |
| Montholon 2,709 · 17 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 7.9% | 3.7% |
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 Fontenoy
What is the population of Fontenoy?
305 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (314).
How old are Fontenoy’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontenoy?
76, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontenoy?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontenoy?
€24,290 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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