Fontaine-le-Port explained

Fontaine-le-Port
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville de Fontaine-le-Port (Seine-et-Marne).svg
Coordinates:48.4861°N 2.7639°W
Insee:77188
Postal Code:77590
Arrondissement:Melun
Canton:Nangis
Mayor:Béatrice Mothré[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC Brie des Rivières et Châteaux
Elevation Min M:41
Elevation Max M:97
Area Km2:7.89

Fontaine-le-Port (in French pronounced as /fɔ̃tɛn lə pɔʁ/) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Demographics

Fontaine-le-Port has a population of approximately 800. Inhabitants of Fontaine-le-Port are called Portifontains. There is a train station with trains direct to Gare de Lyon (Paris) during peak times and with a connection in Melun on off-peak times. Fontaine Le Port has a primary school as well as a bakery and borders the Seine with a view of the Fontainebleau Forest. The former Barbeau Abbey, dissolved in the French Revolution, was sited here.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.