Fontenay sous Bois

Fontenay sous Bois is a commune within the jap suburbs of Paris, France. It is positioned 9.3 km from the center of Paris. The call Fontenay becomes recorded in the middle Ages as Fontanetum, which means the springs from Medieval Latin fontana herbal spring. The commune became known instead as Fontenay les Bois meaning Fontenay by the woods, Fontenay sur le Bois meaning Fontenay over the wood or Fontenay sous Bois which means Fontenay beneath timber but eventually within the early 19th century the latter call of Fontenay sous Bois became the simplest name.

In 1929, the commune of Fontenay sous Bois misplaced extra than a third of its territory while the metropolis of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a large part of which belonged to Fontenay sous Bois. The Rosettes fountain changed into lost at some stage in World War II. Years later, it became determined via chance in a market within the South of France the metropolis of Fontenay sous Bois recovered it, and re established it within the area wherein it is able to be seen nowadays. The commune has 11 preschools, 11 basic schools, one junior excessive faculty, CES junior high schools, one senior excessive school to 6th Form College and one LEP.