Fontenoy-le-Château

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Fontenoy-le-Château
Commune
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°58′28″N 6°12′00″E / 47.9744°N 6.2°E / 47.9744; 6.2Coordinates: 47°58′28″N 6°12′00″E / 47.9744°N 6.2°E / 47.9744; 6.2
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Épinal
Canton	Le Val-d'Ajol
Intercommunality	CA Épinal
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Vilmar
Area 1	34.6 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	521
• Density	15/km2 (39/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 ʃato] (listen)) 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[]

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[]

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[]

• Broderie de Fontenoy-le-Château
• Arboretum de Fontenoy-le-Château
• Château de Fontenoy-le-Château

See also[]

• Communes of the Vosges department

References[]

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