Fontenay-le-Comte

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Fontenay-le-Comte is a historic town in western France known as an administrative and cultural center in the Vendée department.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fontenay-le-Comte canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
subprefecture in France ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
country France ⓘ
demonyms Fontenaisiennes ⓘ
linked to: Fontenaisiens

Fontenaisiens ⓘ
departmentCapitalRole former capital of Bas-Poitou ⓘ
departmentNumber 85 ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 2–84 meters above sea level ⓘ
governingBody Fontenay-le-Comte municipal council ⓘ
hasBuilding Château de Terre-Neuve ⓘ
Hôtel de Ville de Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
Porte de l’ancienne ville fortifiée ⓘ
hasCulturalFacility Théâtre municipal de Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Lycée Rabelais de Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
hasMuseum Musée de Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Église Notre-Dame de Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
Église Saint-Jean de Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
Église Saint-Nicolas de Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
hasTransport Fontenay-le-Comte railway station ⓘ
heritageStatus Ville d’art et d’histoire ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith François Rabelais ⓘ
historicalRegion Poitou ⓘ
INSEECODE 85092 ⓘ
isSubprefectureOf Vendée department ⓘ
locatedIn Pays de la Loire region ⓘ
linked to: Pays de la Loire

Vendée department ⓘ
western France ⓘ
municipalStatus chef-lieu of arrondissement ⓘ
namedAfter the river Fontenay or local springs ⓘ
nearbyNaturalArea Marais Poitevin ⓘ
notableFor Renaissance architecture ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
historic town center ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
population approximately 14000 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCode 85200 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities light industry ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
regionCapitalDistance about 120 km from Nantes ⓘ
river Vendée River ⓘ
roadConnection A83 motorway ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ
twinTown Gaia ⓘ
Grimsby ⓘ
Vilafranca del Penedès ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vendée → hasSubprefecture → Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
Vendée → hasCity → Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
François Viète → birthPlace → Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
Vendée → subprefecture → Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
subject linked to: Vendée department
Vendée → hasMajorTown → Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
subject linked to: Vendée department
Poitou → majorCity → Fontenay-le-Comte ⓘ
subject linked to: historical province of Poitou