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A town of 13,680 in Yvelines, Île-de-France.
Fontenay-le-Fleury grades B+ overall: better than 66% of compared French towns, and #37 of 91 in Yvelines. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 38% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Fontenay-le-Fleury does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fontenay-le-Fleury 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Fontenay-le-Fleury as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Anges (ancienne), in Saint-Cyr-l'École, 0.9 mi away.
1.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, gardens and heritage in and near Fontenay-le-Fleury. Best known first.
AttractionPetit Trianon4.3 km east, in VersaillesAttractionPetit Trianon4.5 km east, in Versailles
AttractionGrand Trianon4.1 km east, in Versailles
AttractionHameau de la Reine4.8 km east, in Versailles
GardenJardin de Versailles4.4 km east, in VersaillesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontenay-le-Fleury.
38.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Yvelines’ towns (35.4%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €29,440 a year per consumption unit. Fontenay-le-Fleury has 1,850 jobs for 6,400 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Fontenay-le-Fleury, that is below both Yvelines’ towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 771 residents of Fontenay-le-Fleury died, against 1,059 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 303 sales of houses and apartments in Fontenay-le-Fleury from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,717/m² for the median of compared towns in Yvelines.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,215/m² | 78 |
| Apartments | €3,366/m² | 225 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
12% of residents are 15 to 24 and 17% are 65 or over, against 12% and 17% in the median compared commune of Yvelines. 50% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Yvelines 49%, France 30%).
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Fontenay-le-Fleury | Yvelines median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 16% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 49% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yvelines median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 198 offenses in the graded categories in Fontenay-le-Fleury in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.5% of the index here.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Fontenay-le-Fleury is 96.1%, above both Yvelines’ towns (93.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège DescartesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 119 | 85%−4 pts |
| Lycée Jules Hardouin-MansartNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 260 | 95%−1 pt |
| Lycée Émilie de BreteuilBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 23 | 91%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Fontenay-le-Fleury 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 Fontenay-le-Fleury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenay-le-Fleury | 13,680 | — | B+ | C− | B+ | A |
| Saint-Cyr-l'École | 21,268 | 0.9 | C+ | D | B− | B |
| Bois-d'Arcy | 16,586 | 1.3 | B+ | C− | B− | A+ |
| Bailly | 3,731 | 2.4 | A | D | B+ | A+ |
| Noisy-le-Roi | 7,713 | 2.4 | B | D | B | A+ |
| Villepreux | 11,931 | 2.5 | A− | D− | A− | A+ |
| Montigny-le-Bretonneux | 32,465 | 2.6 | B+ | D− | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #30 of 91 in Yvelines. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 68 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #38 of 94 in Yvelines. 95% of 260 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €4,215/m² (78 sales), apartments €3,366/m² (225 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €18.72/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fontenay-le-Fleury grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Yvelines, Île-de-France
Fontenay-le-Fleury is a commune of 13,680 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP). 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.