Fontaine-le-Port
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Location within Île-de-France region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Melun |
| Canton | Le Châtelet-en-Brie |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Seine |
| Mayor | Raymond Prunet (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 41–97 m (135–318 ft) |
| Land area1 | 7.89 km2 (3.05 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 952 (2006) |
| - Density | 121 /km2 (310 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77188/ 77590 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 48°29′10″N 2°45′50″E / 48.4861°N 2.7639°E
Fontaine-le-Port is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
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Demographics [edit]
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.
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- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (English)
- French Ministry of Culture list for Fontaine-le-Port (French)
- Map of Fontaine-le-Port on Michelin (English)
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