Fontaines-sur-Saône
Fontaines-sur-Saône
Fontanes (Arpitan) | |
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 Fontaines-sur-Saône Town Hall in 2006 | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Fontaines-sur-Saône  | |
  Fontaines-sur-Saône  Fontaines-sur-Saône | |
| Coordinates: 45°50′10″N 4°50′42″E / 45.836°N 4.845°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Metropolis | Lyon Metropolis |
| Arrondissement | Lyon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Pouzol[1] |
| Area 1 | 2.32 km2 (0.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 7,047 |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Fontainois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 69088 /69270 |
| Elevation | 166–270 m (545–886 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft) |
| Website | www.fontaines-sur-saone.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fontaines-sur-Saône (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn syʁ son]; Arpitan: Fontanes) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is located on the left bank of the Saône, also comprising roughly the northern half of Île Roy (Roy Island), the southern part being part of Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or. As of 2020, it had a population of 7,065.
The 19th-century playwright Antony Rénal died in Fontaines-sur-Saône on 2 October 1866.
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 5,313 | — |
| 1975 | 6,276 | +2.41% |
| 1982 | 7,062 | +1.70% |
| 1990 | 6,760 | −0.54% |
| 1999 | 6,721 | −0.06% |
| 2007 | 6,310 | −0.79% |
| 2012 | 6,295 | −0.05% |
| 2017 | 7,069 | +2.35% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.
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