Fontenoy-le-Château
Commune in Grand Est, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commune in Grand Est, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Fontenoy-le-Château | |
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Coordinates: 47°58′28″N 6°12′00″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. |
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.
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.
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