Fontaine-les-Grès
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Aube | |
Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Seine | |
Canton | Creney-près-Troyes | |
Community association | Seine et Aube | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 25 ' N , 3 ° 55' E | |
height | 89-146 m | |
surface | 12.16 km 2 | |
Residents | 876 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 72 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 10280 | |
INSEE code | 10151 | |
Website | http://www.fontainelesgres.fr/ |
Fontaine-les-Grès is a French commune with 876 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region . The place belongs to the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Seine and the canton of Creney-près-Troyes . In addition, the community is part of the company founded in 2007 Municipalities of His Fontaine Beauregard . The inhabitants are called Fontainats / Fontainates .
geography
Fontaine-les-Grès is located around 19 kilometers north-west of Troyes in the north-west of the Aube department. The municipality consists of the two villages of Fontaine and Les Grès.
Neighboring communities are Saint-Mesmin in the north-west, north and north-east, Savières in the north-east, east and south-east, Le Pavillon-Sainte-Julie in the south-west and Échemines in the west.
history
Until the French Revolution, Fontaine-les-Grès was within the province of Champagne . The parish belonged to the district of Nogent-sur-Seine from 1793 to 1801. Since 1801 it has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Seine. From 1793 to 1801 the place was assigned to the canton of Marigny. Then from 1801 to 1973 the canton of Romilly (sur-Seine). And from 1973 to 2015 the municipality was within the canton of Méry-sur-Seine .
Population development
year | 1793 | 1800 | 1846 | 1861 | 1866 | 1906 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 284 | 237 | 478 | 433 | 494 | 385 | 865 | 891 | 846 | 863 | 915 | 905 | 893 | 874 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Sainte-Agnès village church
- Saint-Nicolas and Sainte-Marthe chapels
- two wayside crosses on the main road
- Memorial to the Fallen
Web links
- Location of the municipality
- Brief information about the community
- Fontaine-les-Grès on the IGN side
- Photos of the village church and chapels