Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines Sant Genís de Fontanes |
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A view of the bell-towers of the old abbey of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines
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Coordinates: 42°32′33″N 2°55′22″E / 42.5425°N 2.9228°ECoordinates: 42°32′33″N 2°55′22″E / 42.5425°N 2.9228°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Céret |
Canton | Vallespir-Albères |
Intercommunality | Albères |
Government | |
• Mayor (2001–2006) | Michel Berdaguer |
Area1 | 9.90 km2 (3.82 sq mi) |
Population (1999)2 | 2,419 |
• Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66175 /66740 |
Elevation | 24–102 m (79–335 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (Catalan: Sant Genís de Fontanes) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is home to a Benedictine abbey, founded in the late 8th or early 9th century.