fontenay-le-comte

Fontenay-le-Comte is a commune of western France. Population (1999): 13,792.

Administration

Fontenay-le-Comte is a sous-prfecture of the Vende dpartement.

Geography

The Vende River flows though the town.

Miscellaneous

Franois Rabelais (ca. 1493-1553) was a monk at Fontenay-le-Comte, where he studied Greek and Latin, as well as science, philology, and law. Fontenay-le-Comte was the birthplace of:

Franois Vite (1540-1603), mathematician
Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723-1806), zoologist and natural philosopher.

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