Fontenay-sous-Bois

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.

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, a large part of which belonged to Fontenay-sous-Bois.

Due to the large number of natural springs in the area, fountains were established. These included (i) The Carreaux fountain which was erected at the corner of rue André-Laurent and avenue de la République in 1793 (ii) The Rosettes fountain which was originally located at avenue de la République and rue du Ruisseau but was moved a number of times and (iii) The fountain of the Old Place d'Armes (place du Général-Leclerc) removed around 1862 and reinstalled in 2002 during the redevelopment of the square.

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1973.

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

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Immigration

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Personalities

• Claude Le Péron, bass guitarist
• Noe Pamarot, footballer
• Blaise Matuidi, footballer
• Georges Jouve, ceramist
• Gambi, rapper
• Stanislav Tyshchenko, prominent steel construction engineer
• Luis Vassy, civil servant, diplomat, and director of Sciences Po
• Jean-François Voguet, mayor from 2001 to 2016

Interesting facts

In 2015 a street in Brovary, Ukraine was named after its sister city Fontenay-sous-Bois.

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

References

References

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3. Damiani, Loïc. (27 September 2015). "l'Hôtel de Ville de Fontenay-sous-Bois". Un collège de Fontenay-sous-Bois.
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