Fontenay-sous-Bois (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tnɛ su bwɑ]) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.3 km (5.8 mi) from the center of Paris.
Fontenay-sous-Bois | |
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 A road in the centre of Fontenay-sous-Bois | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Paris and inner ring departments | |
Location of Fontenay-sous-Bois  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°51′06″N 2°28′38″E / 48.8517°N 2.4772°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Marne |
| Canton | Fontenay-sous-Bois |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Philippe Gautrais[1] |
Area 1 | 5.58 km2 (2.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 51,812 |
| • Density | 9,300/km2 (24,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94033 /94120 |
| Elevation | 44–111 m (144–364 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Name
editThe name Fontenay was recorded in the Middle Ages as Fontanetum, meaning "the springs", from Medieval Latin fontana ("natural spring").
The commune was known alternatively as Fontenay-les-Bois (meaning "Fontenay by the woods"), Fontenay-sur-le-Bois (meaning "Fontenay over the wood"), or Fontenay-sous-Bois (meaning "Fontenay under wood"), but eventually in the early 19th century the latter name of Fontenay-sous-Bois became the only name. The wood referred to in the name of the commune is the Bois de Vincennes.
History
editIn 1929, the commune of Fontenay-sous-Bois lost more than a third of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a large part of which belonged to Fontenay-sous-Bois.
Fountains
editThis section is missing information about this fountain. It is not mentioned elsewhere on the page, and essentially all that's in this section about it is that it was lost and later found. What is it (beyond, presumably, a fountain)? Why is it notable? What is its history? And so on. (November 2024) |
Due to the large number of natural springs in the area, fountains were established.
Among the more notable ones:
· The Carreaux fountain: no longer exists, but was located at the corner of rue André-Laurent and avenue de la République.
· The Rosettes fountain was originally located at avenue de la République and rue du Ruisseau but was moved a number of times. It was lost during World War II. Years later, it was found by chance in a market in the South of France; the town of Fontenay-sous-Bois recovered it, and re-installed it in the place where it can be seen today.
· The fountain of the Old Place d'Armes (place du Général-Leclerc) removed around 1862 due to significant leaks which caused unsanitary problems. It was reinstalled in 2002 during the redevelopment of the square.[3]
Transport
editFontenay-sous-Bois is served by Fontenay-sous-Bois station on Paris RER line A.
It is also served by Val de Fontenay station, which is an interchange station on Paris RER line A and RER line E.
Education
editThe commune has eleven preschools, eleven elementary schools, one junior high school, two CES junior high schools, one senior high school/sixth-form college, and one LEP. Collège Victor Duruy and Lycée Pablo Picasso are the main secondary schools.[4]
Demographics
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Immigration
edit| Born in metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | |||
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| 80.0% | 20.0% | |||
| Born in overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 | EU-15 immigrants2 | Non-EU-15 immigrants | |
| 2.2% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 10.0% | |
| 1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics. 2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. | ||||
Personalities
edit- Claude Le Péron, bass guitarist
- Noe Pamarot, footballer
- Blaise Matuidi, footballer
- Georges Jouve, ceramist
- Gambi, rapper
- Stanislav Tyshchenko, prominent steel construction engineer
- Luis Vassy, civil servant, diplomat, and director of Sciences Po
- Jean-François Voguet, mayor from 2001 to 2014, ordered the expulsion of people living in a house belonging to the city. The mayor is now part of the few PCF mayors who practice the expulsion of squatters.
Interesting facts
editIn 2015 a street in Brovary, Ukraine was named after its sister city Fontenay-sous-Bois.[7]
Views
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See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ « Les noms de voies en C : Carrefour [archive] », sur archives.fontenay-sous-bois.fr (retrieved February 23, 2020).
- ^ "Etablissements scolaires." Fontenay-sous-Bois. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Fontenay-sous-Bois, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Рішення від 25.12.2015 № 52-04-07 «Про перейменування вулиць та провулків м. Бровари» "Рішення міської ради від 25.12.2015№52-04-07"Про перейменування вулиць та провулків м. Бровари" | Броварська міська рада". Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2015-12-31., [1] Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian). Brovary City Council. 28.12.2015