Fontenoy-le-Château
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Location within Lorraine region  Fontenoy-le-Château | ||
| Coordinates: 47°58′28″N 6°12′00″E / 47.9744°N 6.2°ECoordinates: 47°58′28″N 6°12′00″E / 47.9744°N 6.2°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Lorraine | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Épinal | |
| Canton | Bains-les-Bains | |
| Intercommunality | Val de Vôge | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | André Boban | |
| Area1 | 34.6 km2 (13.4 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 740 | |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88176 / 88240 | |
| Elevation |
247–461 m (810–1,512 ft) (avg. 257 m or 843 ft) | |
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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 Lorraine in northeastern France.
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 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
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