Fontenais

Also known as Fontenais JU

Fontenais is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Bressaucourt merged into the municipality of Fontenais.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Fontenais
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Fontenais-blazon.svg
Swiss town.canton: Jura
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-JU
Swiss town.district: Porrentruy
Swiss town.postal_code: 2902
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6790
Swiss town.area: 10.48
Swiss town.elevation: 458
Swiss town.population: 1262
Swiss town.populationof: 2003
Swiss town.website: www.fontenais.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Yves Daucourt
Swiss town.mayor_title: Maire
Swiss town.places: Villars-sur-Fontenais
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Bressaucourt, Porrentruy, Cornol, Courgenay, Ocourt

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Fontenais
Population: 1685
Area: 19.99
Elevation: 449
Official website: www.fontenais.ch
Image: Château de Fontenais, route de Porrentruy.JPG
Dialing code: 032
Licence plate code: JU

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Commons category: Fontenais
postal code: 2902
P8168: Leon Kieres
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6790

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Fontenais is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Bressaucourt merged into the municipality of Fontenais.

==History== Fontenais is first mentioned in 1148 as Fonteneis.