Fontaine-le-Comte
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Vienne | |
Arrondissement | Poitiers | |
Canton | Poitiers-1 | |
Community association | Grand Poitiers | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 32 ' N , 0 ° 16' E | |
height | 101-151 m | |
surface | 18.66 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,853 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 206 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 86240 | |
INSEE code | 86100 | |
Abbey church |
Fontaine-le-Comte is a commune with 3853 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It is located in the Arrondissement of Poitiers and is part of the canton of Poitiers-1 . The inhabitants are called Fontenois .
geography
Fontaine-le-Comte is about twelve kilometers southwest of the city center of Poitiers and is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vouneuil-sous-Biard in the north, Poitiers in the northeast, Croutelle and Ligugé in the east, Marçay in the south, Coulombiers in the southwest, La Chapelle-Montreuil to the west and Béruges to the northwest.
The A10 autoroute runs through the municipality . Here the former Route nationale 11 (today's D611) departs from Route nationale 10 . The town of Chaumont on the Via Turonensis (part of the Camino de Santiago) also belongs to the municipality .
history
In 1080 the place was first given the Latin name fons Comitis ( Fontaine du Comte , German: Grafenbrunnen). William X. of Aquitaine , Count of Poitiers, Duke of Aquitaine, donated the area to the Archbishop of Bordeaux so that the Cistercians could found an abbey here. The abbey was destroyed in the war of religion (the Huguenot Wars). More recently, at least since the end of the 20th century, Fontaine-le-Comte has developed into the banlieue of Poitiers.
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Residents | 533 | 655 | 1,034 | 2,198 | 2,730 | 3.113 | 3,370 | 3,739 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence |
Attractions
- House of the prior from the 14th century, monument historique since 1927
- Abbey building on the former monastery grounds, monument historique since 1929
- Column house from the second half of the 17th century, monument historique since 1991
- Notre-Dame church on the former monastery grounds, listed as Monument historique (as one of the earliest objects ever) since 1840
- Forest of Épine