Fontaines | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Fontaines (Saône-et-Loire).svg |
Insee: | 71202 |
Postal Code: | 71150 |
Arrondissement: | Chalon-sur-Saône |
Canton: | Chagny |
Mayor: | Nelly Meunier-Chanut[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Le Grand Chalon |
Coordinates: | 46.8508°N 4.7731°W |
Elevation M: | 197 |
Elevation Min M: | 183 |
Elevation Max M: | 315 |
Area Km2: | 24.73 |
Fontaines (in French pronounced as /fɔ̃tɛn/) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Formerly Fontanæ then Fontes. The village owes its name to the numerous source which spring from his territory. We find tracks of Roman time there. The village belonged to the Lords of Fountains, who built a castle, then to the bishops of Chalon there, who freed the inhabitants in 1299. The castle was plundered and destroyed in 1569. There was one prioress Benedictine, a chapel (Saint Nicolas) and several washhouses.