Fontaines

Identity

Fontaines (INSEE 89173) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 459 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/89173-fontaines

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,936 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE FONTAINES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 470 (2012) → 459 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 404 (1990) → 459 (2023): 13.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 277, of which 18.1 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Toucy): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Toucy): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Toucy): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye): 9.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fontaines): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GRANDCHAMP_SAPC weather station, 11.2 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 325 m. ^[11]

The village sits 145 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GRANDCHAMP_SAPC, 11.2 km away at 180 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 145 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FONTAINES, 0.1 km away at 320 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

39 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 123,500 € — 813 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Yonne is 1,180 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89173/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89173/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89173/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89173/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89419
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89368
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89173
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025