# Fontenay-sous-Bois

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

## Fountains

Due to the large number of natural springs in the area, fountains were established.
Among the more notable ones:
· The Carreaux fountain: no longer exists, but was located at the corner of rue André-Laurent and avenue de la République.
· The Rosettes fountain was originally located at avenue de la République and rue du Ruisseau but was moved a number of times. It was lost during World War II. Years later, it was found by chance in a market in the South of France; the town of Fontenay-sous-Bois recovered it, and re-installed it in the place where it can be seen today.
· The fountain of the Old Place d'Armes (place du Général-Leclerc) removed around 1862 due to significant leaks which caused unsanitary problems. It was reinstalled in 2002 during the redevelopment of the square.

## 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.

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 1,700 | — |
| 1800 | 1,478 | −1.98% |
| 1806 | 1,230 | −3.01% |
| 1821 | 1,262 | +0.17% |
| 1831 | 1,385 | +0.93% |
| 1836 | 1,524 | +1.93% |
| 1841 | 1,646 | +1.55% |
| 1846 | 1,783 | +1.61% |
| 1851 | 1,662 | −1.40% |
| 1856 | 1,760 | +1.15% |
| 1861 | 2,953 | +10.90% |
| 1866 | 3,092 | +0.92% |
| 1872 | 5,378 | +9.66% |
| 1876 | 4,445 | −4.65% |
| 1881 | 4,365 | −0.36% |
| 1886 | 5,839 | +5.99% |
| 1891 | 5,836 | −0.01% |
| 1896 | 7,220 | +4.35% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 9,320 | +5.24% |
| 1906 | 11,391 | +4.09% |
| 1911 | 15,192 | +5.93% |
| 1921 | 18,129 | +1.78% |
| 1926 | 23,531 | +5.35% |
| 1931 | 30,036 | +5.00% |
| 1936 | 31,546 | +0.99% |
| 1946 | 30,860 | −0.22% |
| 1954 | 36,739 | +2.20% |
| 1962 | 37,484 | +0.25% |
| 1968 | 38,962 | +0.65% |
| 1975 | 46,475 | +2.55% |
| 1982 | 52,627 | +1.79% |
| 1990 | 51,868 | −0.18% |
| 1999 | 50,921 | −0.20% |
| 2007 | 52,143 | +0.30% |
| 2012 | 52,998 | +0.33% |
| 2017 | 52,939 | −0.02% |
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### Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Fontenay-sous-Bois in 1999 :
| Born in metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France |
| 80.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| 80.0% | Born in overseas France | Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth$^1$ | EU-15 immigrants$^2$ | Non-EU-15 immigrants |
| 80.0% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 10.0% |
| $^1$ This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in 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), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 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. 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. |||||

## 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.

## Views

* Roublot Market
* Place Général Leclerc
* Church of St Germain l'Auxerrois
* a street in Fontenay-sous-Bois