Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines | |
Native Name: | Sant Genís de Fontanes |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Céret |
Canton: | Vallespir-Albères |
Insee: | 66175 |
Postal Code: | 66740 |
Mayor: | Nathalie Regond-Planas[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris |
Coordinates: | 42.5425°N 2.9228°W |
Elevation M: | 52 |
Elevation Min M: | 24 |
Elevation Max M: | 102 |
Area Km2: | 9.90 |
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ʒenis de fɔ̃tɛn/; Occitan (post 1500);: Sant Genís de Fontanes) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is home to a Benedictine abbey, founded in the late 8th or early 9th century.