Fontaine-le-Port (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn lə pɔʁ] (listen)) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Fontaine-le-Port | |
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Commune | |
The town hall in Fontaine-le-Port | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
Location of Fontaine-le-Port ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 48°29′10″N 2°45′50″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Seine-et-Marne |
Arrondissement | Melun |
Canton | Nangis |
Intercommunality | CC Brie des Rivières et Châteaux |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Béatrice Mothré[1] |
Area 1 | 7.89 km2 (3.05 sq mi) |
Population | 998 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 77188 /77590 |
Elevation | 41–97 m (135–318 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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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