Fontenoy-le-Château

Fontenoy-le-Château
Coat of arms
Fontenoy-le-Château
Location within Lorraine region Fontenoy-le-Château
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Épinal
Canton	Le Val-d'Ajol
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Boban
Area1	34.6 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population (2013)2	624
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fontenoy-le-Château is a commune in the Vosges department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine 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-Chateau. 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 optained 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

• INSEE