Fontaines-sur-Saône

Fontaines-sur-Saône Fontanes (Arpitan)
Commune
Fontaines-sur-Saône Town Hall in 2006
Coat of arms
Location of Fontaines-sur-Saône
Fontaines-sur-Saône Fontaines-sur-Saône
Coordinates: 45°50′10″N 4°50′42″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Metropolis	Lyon Metropolis
Arrondissement	Lyon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Pouzol
Area 1	2.32 km2 (0.90 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	7,047
• Density	3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi)
Demonym	Fontainois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	69088 /69270
Elevation	166–270 m (545–886 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
Website	www.fontaines-sur-saone.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fontaines-sur-Saône (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn syʁ son]; Arpitan: Fontanes) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is located on the left bank of the Saône, also comprising roughly the northern half of Île Roy (Roy Island), the southern part being part of Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or. As of 2020, it had a population of 7,065.

The 19th-century playwright Antony Rénal died in Fontaines-sur-Saône on 2 October 1866.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,313	—
1975	6,276	+2.41%
1982	7,062	+1.70%
1990	6,760	−0.54%
1999	6,721	−0.06%
2007	6,310	−0.79%
2012	6,295	−0.05%
2017	7,069	+2.35%
Source: INSEE