Frédéric-Fontaine

Frédéric-Fontaine () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

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Locality: Frédéric-Fontaine
Region: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country: France
Population: 189

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French commune.name: Frédéric-Fontaine
French commune.commune status: Commune
French commune.image: 2016-04 - Frédéric-Fontaine - 07.JPG
French commune.caption: The town hall and Protestant church in Frédéric-Fontaine
French commune.image coat of arms: Blason Frédéric-Fontaine.svg
French commune.INSEE: 70254
French commune.postal code: 70200
French commune.arrondissement: Lure
French commune.canton: Héricourt-1
French commune.mayor: Vincent Schiessel
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.elevation min m: 334
French commune.elevation max m: 498
French commune.area km2: 3.48
French commune.intercommunality: Rahin et Chérimont

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Official website

Site Internet de la Commune de Frédéric Fontaine,Village des Bois,CCRC

Site Internet de la Commune de Frédéric Fontaine

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Frédéric-Fontaine
Population: 278
Area: 3.48
Elevation: 399
Official website: www.frederic-fontaine.fr
Image: 2025-07 - Frédéric-Fontaine - 03.jpg

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Commons category: Frédéric-Fontaine
postal code: 70200
male population: 141
female population: 117
email address: mailto:[email protected]
phone number: +33-3-84-63-10-41

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Frédéric-Fontaine () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Frédéric-Fontaine near Etobon, was established in 1603 by the Duke Frederick of Wurtemberg as a haven for persecuted Swiss Protestants and others from France. He found a cool spring here on a hunting trip in 1586, hence the “fountain.” Fourteen founding families settled here in the early 17th century. Continued pressure on religious freedom, European conflicts (such as the War of the Austrian Succession) and lack of economic opportunity led some families from Frédéric-Fontaine to emigrate, mainly to North America. Many of these families, alongside others in the region and also from the Palatinate, boarded ships in the 1750s for Nova Scotia as part of the British scheme to settle newly acquired colony with Foreign Protestants to supplant the local French Catholic population.