Fontoy
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Thionville | |
| Canton | Algrange | |
| Community association | Portes de France-Thionville | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 21 ′ N , 6 ° 0 ′ E | |
| height | 205-387 m | |
| surface | 16.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,036 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 180 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57650 | |
| INSEE code | 57226 | |
| Website | Fontoy | |
 Mairie Fontoy |
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Fontoy ( German Fentsch , Luxembourgish Fensch ) is a French commune with 3,036 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). Fontoy was the main town of the canton of the same name until it was dissolved in 2015 , and since then the municipality has been part of the Algrange .
geography
The municipality of Fontoy lies on the border with the Meurthe-et-Moselle department , about 18 kilometers west of Thionville . The German / Luxembourg name is derived from the brook Fensch (German Fentsch), which flows through the place. The river Conroy runs in the west of the municipality .
history
The place goes back to an ancient Roman settlement and was first mentioned in 959 ( Fontes ). A castle was built there in the 12th century. It has belonged to France since 1643/48. On February 21, 1871, Fontoy was occupied by German troops and ceded by France to the German Empire in the Peace of Frankfurt . Fontoy was designated in 1873 as the seat of the canton, which was formed from the municipalities of the cantons Audun-le-Roman and Longwy, which had fallen to the German Empire in 1871. After the end of the First World War , the place fell back to France. During the Second World War Fontoy was occupied again by German troops (June 17, 1940), a German civil administration was established; on September 9, 1944, the place was occupied by the Allies.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 4,050 | 3,718 | 3,614 | 3,619 | 3,256 | 3.149 | 3,069 |
Personalities
- Peter Merot (born August 31, 1848; † after 1907), brewery owner, mayor and member of the German Reichstag
- Werner Dietrich (born May 9, 1916; † December 16, 1997 in Pforzheim), physician and functionary of dance sports
