Fontenay-lès-Briis
Fontenay-lès-Briis | |
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 The town hall of Fontenay | |
Location of Fontenay-lès-Briis | |
  Fontenay-lès-Briis  Fontenay-lès-Briis | |
| Coordinates: 48°37′09″N 2°09′22″E / 48.6192°N 2.156°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Essonne |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
| Canton | Dourdan |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Limours |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Degivry[1] |
Area 1 | 9.72 km2 (3.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,322 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 91243 /91640 |
| Elevation | 59–170 m (194–558 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fontenay-lès-Briis (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tnɛ lɛ bʁi] ⓘ, literally Fontenay near Briis) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
History
The village of Fontenay-lès-Briis is mentioned in the charter of Clotilde, dated to 10 March 673, founding a nunnery at Bruyères-le-Châtel.
Geography
Climate
Fontenay-lès-Briis has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Fontenay-lès-Briis is 11.6 °C (52.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 696.0 mm (27.40 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 19.8 °C (67.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.4 °C (39.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Fontenay-lès-Briis was 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.0 °C (−0.4 °F) on 17 January 1985.
| Climate data for Fontenay-lès-Briis (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1964−2021) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 29.2 (84.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 37.5 (99.5) | 42.5 (108.5) | 40.2 (104.4) | 34.8 (94.6) | 30.0 (86.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 17.3 (63.1) | 42.5 (108.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) | 8.5 (47.3) | 12.6 (54.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.0 (78.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.6 (61.9) | 10.9 (51.6) | 7.6 (45.7) | 16.4 (61.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) | 4.9 (40.8) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.7 (51.3) | 14.3 (57.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 16.0 (60.8) | 12.1 (53.8) | 7.6 (45.7) | 4.8 (40.6) | 11.6 (52.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) | 1.2 (34.2) | 3.1 (37.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.6 (47.5) | 11.6 (52.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 7.7 (45.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 2.1 (35.8) | 6.8 (44.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.0 (−0.4) | −13.5 (7.7) | −10.8 (12.6) | −6.0 (21.2) | −1.5 (29.3) | 1.1 (34.0) | 4.3 (39.7) | 3.7 (38.7) | 0.5 (32.9) | −4.1 (24.6) | −10.4 (13.3) | −16.5 (2.3) | −18.0 (−0.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 54.2 (2.13) | 48.6 (1.91) | 50.4 (1.98) | 47.5 (1.87) | 69.0 (2.72) | 58.0 (2.28) | 61.1 (2.41) | 62.6 (2.46) | 50.9 (2.00) | 61.2 (2.41) | 61.2 (2.41) | 71.3 (2.81) | 696.0 (27.40) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.2 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 115.5 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 929 | — |
| 1975 | 1,168 | +3.32% |
| 1982 | 1,204 | +0.43% |
| 1990 | 1,567 | +3.35% |
| 1999 | 1,707 | +0.96% |
| 2007 | 1,713 | +0.04% |
| 2012 | 1,882 | +1.90% |
| 2017 | 2,149 | +2.69% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Inhabitants of Fontenay-lès-Briis are known as Fontenois in French.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)
