Fontenay-sous-Bois () is a commune 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.
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."Etablissements scolaires." Fontenay-sous-Bois. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Demographics
Immigration
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.Рішення від 25.12.2015 № 52-04-07 «Про перейменування вулиць та провулків м. Бровари» , . Brovary City Council. 28.12.2015
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See also Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
References
External links
Official website