Fontenoy-le-Château
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Fontenoy-le-Château () is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
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department in
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in northeastern
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. 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 Julie-Victoire Daubié (26 March 1824 – 26 August 1874) was a French journalist. She was the first woman to have graduated from a French university when she obtained a licenciate degree in Lyon in 1871. Josephine Butler translated a part of Jul ...
(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 Discovery Real Time was a British television channel owned by Discovery Networks UK focused on educational and learning content. History It was originally launched on 9 March 1992 as The Learning Channel, United Kingdom's version of the Ameri ...
, 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 The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vosges (department) {{Vosges-geo-stub