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Fontenay-sous-Bois
	Commune of Fontenay-sous-Bois
	Location
	Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°51′04″N 2°28′28″E / 48.85111°N 2.47444°E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Nogent-sur-Marne
Canton	2 cantons
Mayor	Jean-François Voguet
Statistics
Elevation	44–111 m (140–360 ft)
Land area1	5.58 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population2	51,100 (2005 )
- Density	9,158 /km2 (23,720 /sq mi)
	Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	94033/ 94120
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°51′04″N 2°28′28″E / 48.85111°N 2.47444°E / 48.85111; 2.47444

Fontenay-sous-Bois is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.3 km (5.8 mi). (5.8 miles) from the center of Paris.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Fontenay-sous-Bois in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France	Born outside Metropolitan France
80.0%	20.0%
	Born in Overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	2.2%	3.3%	4.5%	10.0%

¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Pictures

Roublot Market	Rosettes fountain	Rosettes fountain	General Leclerc Place
Church Saint-Germain L'Auxerrois	Street of Fontenay-sous-Bois

The Rosettes fountain was lost during World War II. Years later, it was found by chance in a market on the South of France. The city of Fontenay-sous-Bois recovered it, and re-installed it in the place where it can be seen today.

[edit] References

^ 2005 estimate, 50,921 at the 1999 census

[edit] External links

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[0] 2005 estimate, 50,921 at the 1999 census

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