La Fontenelle (French pronunciation: ​[la fɔ̃tnɛl]; Breton: Ar Fantanig; Gallo: La Fontenèll) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-Couesnon.[2]

La Fontenelle Ar Fantanig
Part of Val-Couesnon
Birthplace of the composer Jean Langlais
Location of La Fontenelle
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Coordinates: 48°28′07″N 1°30′06″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	Antrain
Commune	Val-Couesnon
Area 1	12.36 km2 (4.77 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	539
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	35560
Elevation	7–117 m (23–384 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of La Fontenelle are called in French Fontenellois.

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Fontenelle (Ille-et-Vilaine).

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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