The 28-year-old Chavancy steps in after 44-times capped Fofana, 29, ruptured his Achilles tendon in Clermont's European Cup win over Exeter on Saturday.
France's 32-man squad will meet this week in the French training centre at Marcoussis outside Paris to prepare for the Six Nations tournament which they last won in 2010.
SQUAD:
Forwards (18): Uini Atonio (La Rochelle), Cyril Baille (Toulouse), Mohamed Boughanmi (La Rochelle), Eddy Ben Arous (Racing 92), Camille Chat (Racing 92), Guilhem Guirado (Toulon/cap), Clément Maynadier (Bordeaux-Bègles), Rabah Slimani (Stade Français), Arthur Iturria (Clermont), Yoann Maestri (Toulouse), Julien Le Devedec (Brive), Sébastien Vahaamahina (Clermont), Louis Picamoles (Northampton/ENG), Kévin Gourdon (La Rochelle), Damien Chouly (Clermont), Loann Goujon (Bordeaux-Bègles), Raphaël Lakafia (Stade Français), Fabien Sanconnie (Brive)
Backs (14): Maxime Machenaud (Racing 92), Baptiste Serin (Bordeaux-Bègles), Jean-Marc Doussain (Toulouse), Camille Lopez (Clermont), Yann David (Toulouse), Henry Chavancy (Racing 92), Rémi Lamerat (Clermont), Gaël Fickou (Toulouse), Yoann Huget (Toulouse), Djibril Camara (Stade Français), Noa Nakaitaci (Clermont), Virimi Vakatawa (FFR), Geoffrey Palis (Castres), Scott Spedding (Clermont)
