Fontaine-le-Port

Fontaine-le-Port
Commune
The town hall in Fontaine-le-Port
Coat of arms
Location of Fontaine-le-Port
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Coordinates: 48°29′10″N 2°45′50″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Melun
Canton	Nangis
Intercommunality	CC Brie des Rivières et Châteaux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Béatrice Mothré[1]
Area ^1	7.89 km^2 (3.05 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,003
• Density	130/km^2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77188 /77590
Elevation	41–97 m (135–318 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fontaine-le-Port (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn lə pɔʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Demographics

Fontaine-le-Port has a population of approximately 800. Inhabitants of Fontaine-le-Port are called Portifontains. There is a train station with trains direct to Gare de Lyon (Paris) during peak times and with a connection in Melun on off-peak times. Fontaine Le Port has a primary school as well as a bakery and borders the Seine with a view of the Fontainebleau Forest. The former Barbeau Abbey, dissolved in the French Revolution, was sited here.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

External links

• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)