Fontenoy-le-Château
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Fontenoy-le-Château | |
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 A general view of Fontenoy-le-Château | |
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| Coordinates: 47°58′28″N 6°12′00″E / 47.9744°N 6.2°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Épinal |
| Canton | Le Val-d'Ajol |
| Intercommunality | CA Épinal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Vilmar[1] |
| Area 1 | 34.6 km2 (13.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 498 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88176 /88240 |
| Elevation | 247–461 m (810–1,512 ft) (avg. 257 m or 843 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fontenoy-le-Château (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tnwa lə ʃɑto] ) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. In January 2013 it merged with the former commune of Le Magny.
Personalities
[edit]The poet Nicolas Joseph Florent Gilbert was born on December 15, 1750, in Fontenoy-le-Château. Julie-Victoire Daubié (26 March 1824 in Bains-les-Bains – 26 August 1874 in Fontenoy-le-Château). She was the first woman to have graduated from a French university when she obtained a bachelor's degree in Lyon in 1861. Rico Daniels who is Le Salvager, a TV programme made by Discovery Real Time, lives here and his TV show is filmed here.
Geography
[edit]The Côney forms the commune's north-eastern border, flows south-westward through the middle of the commune, crosses the village, and forms part of the commune's south-western border.
Points of interest
[edit]See also
[edit]http://www.felix-giese.de/EUSTORY/index.php
References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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