Fontenay-sous-Bois () is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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in the eastern suburbs of
Paris,
France. It is located from the
center of Paris.
Name
The name Fontenay was recorded in the
Middle Ages as ''Fontanetum'', meaning "the springs", from
Medieval Latin ''fontana'' ("natural spring").
The commune was known alternatively as ''Fontenay-les-Bois'' (meaning "Fontenay by the woods"), ''Fontenay-sur-le-Bois'' (meaning "Fontenay over the wood"), or Fontenay-sous-Bois (meaning "Fontenay under wood"), but eventually in the early 19th century the latter name of Fontenay-sous-Bois became the only name. The wood referred to in the name of the commune is the
Bois de Vincennes
The Bois de Vincennes (), located on the eastern edge of Paris, is the largest public park in the city. It was created between 1855 and 1866 by Emperor Napoleon III.
The park is next to the Château de Vincennes, a former residence of the King ...
.
History
In 1929, the commune of Fontenay-sous-Bois lost more than a third of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the
Bois de Vincennes
The Bois de Vincennes (), located on the eastern edge of Paris, is the largest public park in the city. It was created between 1855 and 1866 by Emperor Napoleon III.
The park is next to the Château de Vincennes, a former residence of the King ...
, a large part of which belonged to Fontenay-sous-Bois.
Fountain
The Rosettes fountain was lost during World War II. Years later, it was found by chance in a market in the South of France; the town of Fontenay-sous-Bois recovered it, and re-installed it in the place where it can be seen today.
Transport
Fontenay-sous-Bois is served by
Fontenay-sous-Bois station on Paris
RER line A.
It is also served by
Val de Fontenay station, which is an interchange station on Paris
RER line A and
RER line E.
Education
The commune has eleven preschools, eleven elementary schools, one junior high school, two CES junior high schools, one senior high school/sixth-form college, and one LEP. Collège Victor Duruy and
Lycée Pablo Picasso are the main secondary schools.
Demographics
Immigration
Personalities
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Claude Le Péron,
bass guitarist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low bra ...
*
Noe Pamarot, footballer
*
Blaise Matuidi, footballer
*
Georges Jouve
Georges Jouve was an important ceramist of the 20th century.
He was born in 1910 in Fontenay-sous-Bois and his parents were both decorators. At 17 years old, Jouve enrolled at the prestigious Ecole Boulle in Paris where he received theoretical ins ...
, ceramist
*
Natasha Nice, Porn Star
*
Gambi, rapper
*
Stanislav Tyshchenko, prominent steel construction engineer
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Jean-François Voguet
Jean-François Voguet (8 August 1949 – 2 February 2021) was a French politician. He was a member of the Senate of France from 2004–2011, representing the Val-de-Marne department. He was also a member of the Communist, Republican, and Citiz ...
, mayor from 2001 to 2014, ordered the expulsion of people living in a house belonging to the city. The mayor is now part of the few
PCF mayors who practice the expulsion of
squatters.
Interesting facts
In 2015 a street in
Brovary
Brovary ( uk, Бровари, , yi, בראָוואַר, Brovar) is a city in Kyiv Oblast (Region) in northern Ukraine, an eastern suburb of the country's capital, Kyiv. It is the administrative centre of Brovary Raion (district). Brovar ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
was named after its sister city Fontenay-sous-Bois.
[Рішення від 25.12.2015 № 52-04-07 «Про перейменування вулиць та провулків м. Бровари» ]
. Brovary City Council. 28.12.2015
Views
File:Halles_Roublot_Fontenay.jpg, Roublot Market
File:Place_General_Leclerc_Fontenay.jpg, Place Général Leclerc
File:Eglise_Saint_Germain_L_Auxerrois_Fontenay.jpg, Church of St Germain l'Auxerrois
File:Rue_du_Centre_Fontenay.jpg, a street in Fontenay-sous-Bois
See also
*
Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
This page lists the 47 communes of the Val-de-Marne department of France on 1 January 2021. Since January 2016, all communes of the department are part of the intercommunality Métropole du Grand Paris
The Métropole du Grand Paris (; "Metropol ...
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fontenaysousbois
Communes of Val-de-Marne