Fontaine-le-Port

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Fontaine-le-Port

(2020–2026) Béatrice Mothré^[1]Area

7.89 km² (3.05 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,003 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

77188 /77590

Elevation41–97 m (135–318 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (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.

References

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fontaine-le-Port.

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)