Fontenay-aux-Roses
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The city hall | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs | |
Location of Fontenay-aux-Roses | |
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| Coordinates: 48°47′22″N 2°17′20″E / 48.78932°N 2.28877°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Antony |
| Canton | Châtillon |
| Intercommunality | Métropole du Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurent Vastel |
Area 1 | 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 24,070 |
| • Density | 9,590/km2 (24,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92032 /92260 |
| Elevation | 60–160 m (200–520 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fontenay-aux-Roses (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tnɛ o ʁoz] ⓘ) is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 8.6 km (5.3 mi) from the center of Paris.
In 1880, a girls' school, the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses, was founded with the primary goal of preparing women to become teachers. It became a mixed school in 1986, and was relocated to Lyon in 2000.
Fontenay is the location of the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, and former location of the first French nuclear reactor, Zoé, and the first French tokamak fusion experiment, TFR.