Canton Le Val-d'Ajol Area 34.6 km² | Arrondissement Épinal Population (2013) 624 | |
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Fontenoy-le-Château is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. In January 2013 it merged with the former commune of Le Magny.
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Map of 88240 Fontenoy-le-Ch%C3%A2teau, France
Personalities
The poet Nicolas Joseph Florent Gilbert was born on December 15, 1750 in Fontenoy-le-Chateau. Julie-Victoire Daubié (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 optained a bachelor's degree in Lyon in 1861. Rico Daniels who is Le Salvager, a TV programme made by Discovery Real Time, 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.