Fontaine-lès-Dijon

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Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Fontaine-lès-Dijon

(2020–2026) Patrick Chapuis^[1]Area

4.49 km² (1.73 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,847 • Density2,000/km² (5,100/sq mi)Demonym(s)Fontainois (masculine)
Fontainoise (feminine)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

21278 /21121

Elevation250–337 m (820–1,106 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fontaine-lès-Dijon (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn lɛ diʒɔ̃]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It is known for the Couvent et Basilique Saint-Bernard, a collection of buildings on the site of the birthplace of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	447	—
1800	465	+0.57%
1806	443	−0.80%
1821	438	−0.08%
1831	469	+0.69%
1836	476	+0.30%
1841	434	−1.83%
1846	446	+0.55%
1851	454	+0.36%
1856	451	−0.13%
1861	457	+0.26%
1866	435	−0.98%
1872	430	−0.19%
1876	421	−0.53%
1881	424	+0.14%
1886	448	+1.11%
1891	488	+1.73%
1896	458	−1.26%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	448	−0.44%
1906	440	−0.36%
1911	474	+1.50%
1921	548	+1.46%
1926	681	+4.44%
1931	845	+4.41%
1936	1,020	+3.84%
1946	1,255	+2.09%
1954	1,516	+2.39%
1962	2,687	+7.42%
1968	3,698	+5.47%
1975	5,010	+4.43%
1982	7,066	+5.03%
1990	7,856	+1.33%
1999	8,878	+1.37%
2007	8,957	+0.11%
2012	9,142	+0.41%
2017	8,888	−0.56%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Monuments historiques : Couvent et Basilique Saint-Bernard", Mérimée (in French), Ministère de la Culture, retrieved 21 July 2017
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Fontaine-lès-Dijon, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE