Fontaine

Fontaine is a French word meaning fountain or natural spring.

Fountain (Duchamp) is the title of a famous sculpture by Marcel Duchamp.

Place Names

Fontaine or Fontaines is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:

• Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, in the Oise département
• Bierry-les-Belles-Fontaines, in the Yonne département
• Cailloux-sur-Fontaines, in the Rhône département
• Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines, in the Yonne département
• Fontaine, Aube, in the Aube département
• Fontaine, Isère, in the Isère département
• Fontaine, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort département
• Fontaine-au-Bois, in the Nord département
• Fontaine-au-Pire, in the Nord département
• Fontaine-Bellenger, in the Eure département
• Fontaine-Bonneleau, in the Oise département
• Fontaine-Chaalis, in the Oise département
• Fontaine-Chalendray, in the Charente-Maritime département
• Fontaine-Couverte, in the Mayenne département
• Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, in the Vaucluse département
• Fontaine-Denis-Nuisy, in the Marne département
• Fontaine-en-Bray, in the Seine-Maritime département
• Fontaine-en-Dormois, in the Marne département
• Fontaine-Étoupefour, in the Calvados département
• Fontaine-Fourches, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Fontaine-Française, in the Côte-d'Or département
• Fontaines, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département
• Fontaines, Vendée, in the Vendée département
• Fontaines, Yonne, in the Yonne département
• Fontaines-d'Ozillac, in the Charente-Maritime département
• Fontaines-en-Duesmois, in the Côte-d'Or département
• Fontaines-en-Sologne, in the Loir-et-Cher département
• Fontaines-les-Sèches, in the Côte-d'Or département
• Fontaines-Saint-Clair, in the Meuse département
• Fontaines-Saint-Martin, in the Rhône département
• Fontaines-sur-Marne, in the Haute-Marne département
• Fontaines-sur-Saône, in the Rhône département
• Grandchamps-des-Fontaines, in the Loire-Atlantique département
• Nouans-les-Fontaines, in the Indre-et-Loire département
• Pernes-les-Fontaines, in the Vaucluse département
• Perrogney-les-Fontaines, in the Haute-Marne département
• Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines, in the Pyrénées-Orientales département
• Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines, in the Morbihan département
• Saint-Martin-des-Fontaines, in the Vendée département
• Trois-Fontaines-l'Abbaye, in the Marne département

Fontaines is the name or part of the name of the following municipalities in Switzerland:

• Fontaines, Switzerland, canton of Neuchâtel
• Fontaines-sur-Grandson, canton of Vaud, Switzerland

People

Fontaine is also the name of several persons:

Not to be confused with Fontane.

• Brigitte Fontaine, French singer and musician
• Claudia Fontaine, British backing singer
• Del Fontaine, Canadian boxer executed for murder
• Eddie Fontaine, American actor and rockabilly singer
• Fontaine Weyman, American singer, songwriter, guitarist and photographer
• Frank Fontaine, American comedian and singer
• Frank Fontaine, a fictional character in the 2007 video game BioShock
• Godfrey of Fontaines, medieval philosopher
• Dr. Harlem Fontaine, a fictional character in the 2011 video game L.A. Noire
• Jean-Marc Fontaine, French mathematician
• Jerry Fontaine, Canadian politician
• Joan Fontaine, British actress
• John Fontaine, President of Fontaine's Auction Gallery in the USA
• Just Fontaine, French football player
• Liam Fontaine, English football player
• Mz Fontaine, the stage name of lesbian rapper Naomi Romeo
• Nicole Fontaine, French politician
• Larry Phillip (Phil) Fontaine, Aboriginal Canadian leader
• Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, architect
• Pierre Fontaine (c. 1380–1450), French composer
• René Fontaine, Canadian politician
• Yvonne Fontaine, female spy during World War II

La Fontaine is the name of several persons:

• Don LaFontaine, an American voiceover artist
• Henri La Fontaine, a Belgian international lawyer and Nobel Prize for Peace winner
• Jean de La Fontaine
• Oskar Lafontaine, a German politician