Fountain-the-Count is a common French, located in the department of the Vienna and the area Poitou-Charentes. Its inhabitants is called the Fontenois .

Geography

Fountain-the-Count is located at 12 km in the South-west of Poitiers, with the crossroads of the RN 10 and the RN 11.

• urbanized Surface 273 ha

• Surface urbanisable 147 ha

History

The origin of the commune goes back to a gift of grounds and forests makes between 1127 and 1137 by Guillaume X, count of Poitiers and duke of Aquitaine, with Geoffroi de Loriol, archbishop of Bordeaux. This one entrusts to the order cistercians the care to found an abbey there, near a source, from where the name of the commune. This gift was justified by the Excommunication undergone by the count-duke because of his support brought to the Schisme of Anaclet II.

The church cistercian, long and broad, 53 29 m m has like characteristic a chorus in Cul-de-four. The vault of the 12th century was destroyed during the One hundred Year old war, with the roof, which was again destroyed during the wars of religion. It is currently put a ceiling to since 1790 (ceiling remade at the end of the 20th century).

Until the 20th century, the commune remained a simple assembly of hamlets, populated from 700 to 800 inhabitants, before the movement of Rurbanisation causes a rapid growth starting from the Années 1970. Fountain-the-count is today suburban suburbs, but account still eight farmers.

Demography

Economy

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Local life

Teaching

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Associative, cultural and sporting activities

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Places and monuments

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Twinnings

It is twinned with Colunga (Asturies, Spain).

Personalities related to the commune

See too

• Common of Vienna

External bonds

• Fountain-the-Count on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Fountain-the-Count on the site of INSEE
• Fountain-the-Count on the site of Quid
• Localization of Fountain-the-Count on a chart of France and communes bordering
• Plane on Fountain-the-Count on Mapquest

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