Living in Fontenay-le-Comte

In Fontenay-le-Comte, advertised rents for new lettings average €9.69 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 13.6% (2022).

The unemployment rate was 13.6% at the end of 2022. In 2024, annual PM2.5 was 6.89 µg/m³. Its population was 14,059 at the start of 2023. The city covered 34.1 km² in 2026. Population density was 412.9 people per km² in 2023. The city had 18 schools in 2026. There were 78.2 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2424 sources

Population14,059people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,620EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent9.69EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 16% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate13.56%country median 11.0% — 24% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime4,880incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 3% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean6.89µg/m³country median 8.5 — 19% belowOfficial source · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.

Cheaper rent than 76% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 70% of French cities that publish it and cleaner air than 90% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Fontenay-le-Comte?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in FranceNational rates and thresholds that apply in Fontenay-le-Comte.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Fontenay-le-Comte?

Average net cold rent is 9.69 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 9.69 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr²³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesFontenay-le-Comte highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Fontenay-le-Comte€9.69

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Bordeaux€15.99

Lille€15.76

Strasbourg€15.57

Montpellier€15.49

Rennes€14.87

Nantes€14.50

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange Livebox Fibre¹⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁸Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	973.3 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Dwellings	8,227 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Main residence dwellings	7,001 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.69 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr²³Official

Is Fontenay-le-Comte a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–61%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–67%

Student60%strong on education, weak on work · range 53–67%

Family55%strong on family, weak on cost · range 48–62%

Retirement56%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 47–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 581 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.69 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2025-Q3

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The unemployment rate is about 13.6 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 13.56 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹¹

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Fontenay-le-Comte is 13.6%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Fontenay-le-Comte 13.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	95.84 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)²Official
Gigabit broadband availability	95.84 %	31 Mar 2026	Independent ARCEP municipal count of premises eligible for the >=1 Gbit/s fixed advertised-speed class, divided by the ARCEP type=all municipal premises denominator. This is availability/eligibility, not adoption, measured speed, FTTH-only coverage or mobile coverage.⁵Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,620 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²⁴Official
Unemployment rate	13.56 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹¹Official

What does a salary buy in Fontenay-le-Comte?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,350of €1,994 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€1,994
Rent, 60 m²€9.69/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €581
Internet€43 · official · Orange Livebox Fibre · 2026-09-30	− €43
Mobile plan€20 · official · Orange 100GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €20
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,350

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Fontenay-le-Comte Salary needed to live in Fontenay-le-Comte

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Fontenay-le-Comte. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Fontenay-le-Comte. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	18 schools	27 May 2026	RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.²¹Official · commune
Primary schools	7 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹⁴Official
Schools	23 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹⁴Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 3 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: UPE2A (unités pédagogiques pour élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés) + UPE2A-NSA variant. How to enrol a child (education.gouv.fr).

A country-wide rule for France; Fontenay-le-Comte's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents	78.24 per 100,000 people	31 Dec 2024	INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence⁹Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,287 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Fontenay-le-Comte when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,287 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Fontenay-le-Comte?

Police recorded about 4,880 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)³

Recorded crime across major citiesFontenay-le-Comte highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488

Lyon13,026

Bordeaux12,429

Marseille11,857

Paris10,987

Montpellier9,636

Toulouse8,875

Rennes8,241

Strasbourg7,791

Nantes7,704

Nice7,577

Fontenay-le-Comte4,880

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,880 incidents per 100,000country median 4,740	31 Dec 2025	Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	NIT	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	36 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Fontenay-le-Comte. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course

État français and OFII

For eligible non-EU foreign residents.

FrenchIn Person

Open official information

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online

Open official information

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Fontenay-le-Comte.

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Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 9.58 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.89 µg/m³ · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.¹

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56.9WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1012.3WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂9.6WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in FranceAnnual PM2.5 in Fontenay-le-Comte is 6.9 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Fontenay-le-Comte 6.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	9.58 µg/m³country median 14.8	2024	2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.¹Official
NO₂ — latest reading	10.9 µg/m³	15 Jul 2026	Latest valid NO2 hourly station observation on the official LCSQA E2 current-day extract, mapped to the exact INSEE centre through an exact normalized station-name crosswalk to EEA station metadata.¹³Official
PM10 — annual mean	12.27 µg/m³country median 14.2	2024	2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.89 µg/m³country median 8.5	2024	2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.¹Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.12 · Feb 20.59 · Mar 22.47 · Apr 26.93 · May 30.63 · Jun 35.57 · Jul 39.65 · Aug 36.79 · Sep 33.86 · Oct 28.61 · Nov 21.66 · Dec 16.38 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁶Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -9.46 · Feb -11.5 · Mar -7.41 · Apr -3.73 · May 1.09 · Jun 4.63 · Jul 8.08 · Aug 7.94 · Sep 3.11 · Oct -2.37 · Nov -4.8 · Dec -8.66 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁶Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.85 · Feb 5.05 · Mar 7.86 · Apr 10.81 · May 14.16 · Jun 17.87 · Jul 19.63 · Aug 19.42 · Sep 16.64 · Oct 13 · Nov 8.46 · Dec 5.22 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁶Official

Annual PM2.5 over time12 published observations, 2013–2024

5.6

7.5

9.5

11.4

6.920132015201720212024

Annual PM2.5 fell 37.4% between 2013 and 2024, from 11.0 to 6.9.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The published population was 14,059 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport95.5%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	34.05 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte²²Official
Foreign residents	638 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹⁷Official
Population density	412.9 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte²²Official
Population	14,059 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune¹⁰Official

International community in Fontenay-le-Comte

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population resident in France excluding Mayotte; INSEE RP2023 NAT; total age and sex · 2023 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	14,059	100.0%
Français	13,261.197	94.3%
Etranger	797.803	5.7%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)¹⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Fontenay-le-Comte

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Niort as a Fontenay-le-Comte alternative in the same region

31 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 59,854 Niort vs 14,059 Fontenay-le-Comte+326%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,426 Niort vs 4,880 Fontenay-le-Comte+32%
Rent: €11.55/m² Niort vs €9.69/m² Fontenay-le-Comteno percentage
Nearest airport: 5.0 km Niort vs 36.0 km Fontenay-le-Comte−86%
Unemployment: 11.5% Niort vs 13.6% Fontenay-le-Comte−15%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,403.2 Niort vs 1,287.1 Fontenay-le-Comte+9%
Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Niort vs €2,620 Fontenay-le-Comtesame level

Full comparison More about Niort

Sartrouville as a Fontenay-le-Comte alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 354 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 14,059 Fontenay-le-Comte+275%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,620 Fontenay-le-Comte+27%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €9.69/m² Fontenay-le-Comteno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 9.7 µg/m³ Sartrouville vs 6.9 µg/m³ Fontenay-le-Comte+41%
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 13.6% Fontenay-le-Comte−23%
Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 36.0 km Fontenay-le-Comte−50%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 4,880 Fontenay-le-Comte−6%

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Alternative cities in France

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The published population was 14,059 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Fontenay-le-Comte?

Average net cold rent is 9.69 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 678 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation..

How safe is Fontenay-le-Comte?

What is the unemployment rate in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The unemployment rate is about 13.6 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Fontenay-le-Comte?

The median gross salary is 2,620 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Fontenay-le-Comte a good place to live?

Fontenay-le-Comte may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The official citizenship distribution records 13,261.197 people (94.3%) in the source-defined population for 2023 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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