Fontenoy-le-Château explained

Fontenoy-le-Château
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Fontenoy-le-Chateau 2.svg
Arrondissement:Épinal
Canton:Le Val-d'Ajol
Insee:88176
Postal Code:88240
Mayor:Patrick Vilmar[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Épinal
Coordinates:47.9744°N 6.2°W
Elevation M:257
Elevation Min M:247
Elevation Max M:461
Area Km2:34.6

Fontenoy-le-Château (in French pronounced as /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.

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

See also

http://www.felix-giese.de/EUSTORY/index.php

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.