The arrondissement of Fontainebleau is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...

of France in the

Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its ...

department in the

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...

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. It has 85

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. Its population is 156,193 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau, and their

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s, are: # Achères-la-Forêt (77001) # Amponville (77003) # Arbonne-la-Forêt (77006) # Arville (77009) # Aufferville (77011) # Avon (77014) #

Bagneaux-sur-Loing Bagneaux-sur-Loing (, literally ''Bagneaux on Loing'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Bagneaux-sur-Loing station has rail connections to Montargis, Melun and Paris. Demograph ...

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Barbizon Barbizon () is a commune (town) in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France. It is located near the Fontainebleau Forest. Demographics The inhabitants are called ''Barbizonais''. Art history The Barbizon school of painters is nam ...

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Beaumont-du-Gâtinais Beaumont-du-Gâtinais (, ''Beaumont of the Gâtinais'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics The inhabitants are called ''Beaumontois''. See also *Communes of the Sein ...

(77027) # Bois-le-Roi (77037) # Boissy-aux-Cailles (77041) # Bougligny (77045) #

Boulancourt Boulancourt () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region. The inhabitants are known as ''Boulancourtois'' in French. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a list of the 507 com ...

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Bourron-Marlotte Bourron-Marlotte () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. In the second half of the 19th century, it was visited by several impressionist painters including Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Augu ...

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Bransles Bransles () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics The inhabitants are called ''Branslois, Bransloises''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The fol ...

(77050) # Burcy (77056) # Buthiers (77060) #

Cély Cély (), also known as Cély-en-Bière (), is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics The inhabitants are called ''Célysiens''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne de ...

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Chailly-en-Bière Chailly-en-Bière () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Painters Claude Monet and Frédéric Bazille spent time there together in 1865, and Bazille painted Monet in his work '' Th ...

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Chaintreaux Chaintreaux () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France about one hour south of Paris. It is part of the Canton of Château-Landon and borders the Department of Loiret in the southern par ...

(77071) # Champagne-sur-Seine (77079) #

La Chapelle-la-Reine La Chapelle-la-Reine () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics The inhabitants are called ''Chapelains''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The foll ...

(77088) # Chartrettes (77096) #

Château-Landon Château-Landon () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. The commune contains within it the Souppes-sur-Loing quarry, where the bright white travertine stones for construction of the ...

(77099) # Châtenoy (77102) #

Chenou Chenou () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics The inhabitants are called ''Chenouards''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a list ...

(77110) # Chevrainvilliers (77112) # Darvault (77156) #

Dormelles Dormelles () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. History Dormelles was the site of a battle circa 599 between rival Merovingian kings. Chlothar II, ruler of Neustria, faced his cou ...

(77161) # Égreville (77168) # Faÿ-lès-Nemours (77178) # Flagy (77184) #

Fleury-en-Bière Fleury-en-Bière () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north central France. Demographics Inhabitants of Fleury-en-Bière are called ''Fleury ...

(77185) # Fontainebleau (77186) #

Fromont Fromont () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demonym: ''Fromontais''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Sei ...

(77198) # Garentreville (77200) # La Genevraye (77202) #

Gironville Gironville () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne département in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants are called ''Gironvillois''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a l ...

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Grez-sur-Loing Grez-sur-Loing (, literally ''Grez on Loing''; formerly Grès-en-Gâtinais, literally ''Grès in Gâtinais'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France. Sights * The Church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent ''(Church ...

(77216) # Guercheville (77220) # Héricy (77226) #

Ichy Ichy () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Population Inhabitants are called ''Ichiliens''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a list of the ...

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Larchant Larchant () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region. It is located on the southern edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau. Demographics The inhabitants are called ''Liricantois'' from the Latin name of the town, ' ...

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Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Lunain river. Demographics Inhabitants are called ''Lorréziens''. See al ...

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La Madeleine-sur-Loing La Madeleine-sur-Loing (, literally ''La Madeleine on Loing'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants are called ''Magdaléniens''. See also *Communes of the ...

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Maisoncelles-en-Gâtinais Maisoncelles-en-Gâtinais (; literally "Small Houses in Gâtinais") is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants are called ''Maisoncellois''. See also *Communes o ...

(77271) # Mondreville (77297) # Montcourt-Fromonville (77302) #

Montigny-sur-Loing Montigny-sur-Loing (, literally ''Montigny on Loing'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Montigny-sur-Loing station has rail connections to Montargis, Melun and Paris. Inhabitants ...

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Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department, in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Moret-sur-Loing is the municipal seat. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former c ...

(77316) # Nanteau-sur-Essonne (77328) # Nanteau-sur-Lunain (77329) #

Nemours Nemours () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Geography Nemours is located on the Loing and its canal, c. south of Melun, on the Moret–Lyon railway. Nemours – Saint-Pierre ...

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Noisy-sur-École Noisy-sur-École () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants are called ''Noisséens''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is ...

(77339) # Nonville (77340) #

Obsonville Obsonville () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It has 114 inhabitants as of 2018.Ormesson (77348) # Paley (77353) # Perthes (77359) # Poligny (77370) #

Recloses Recloses () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics The inhabitants are called ''Reclosiots''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a l ...

(77386) # Remauville (77387) # Rumont (77395) # Saint-Germain-sur-École (77412) #

Saint-Mammès Saint-Mammès () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, in the metropolitan area of Paris. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris, at the confluence of the Seine and Loi ...

(77419) # Saint-Martin-en-Bière (77425) # Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours (77431) # Saint-Sauveur-sur-École (77435) #

Samois-sur-Seine Samois-sur-Seine (, ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located near Fontainebleau. Culture It is famous for being the town to which Django Reinhardt retired, and hosts a ...

(77441) # Samoreau (77442) #

Souppes-sur-Loing Souppes-sur-Loing (, literally ''Souppes on Loing'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department at the southern edge of the Île-de-France region in north-central France. The town of Souppes-sur-Loing has 5,390 inhabitants (2017),

(77458) # Thomery (77463) # Tousson (77471) # Treuzy-Levelay (77473) # Ury (77477) # Le Vaudoué (77485) #

Vaux-sur-Lunain Vaux-sur-Lunain (, literally ''Vaux on Lunain'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, north central France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Lunain river. Demographics Inhabitants of Vaux-sur-Lunain are call ...

(77489) # Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine (77494) # Ville-Saint-Jacques (77516) #

Villebéon Villebéon () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants of Villebéon are called ''Villebéonais''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The fo ...

(77500) # Villecerf (77501) # Villemaréchal (77504) # Villemer (77506) #

Villiers-sous-Grez Villiers-sous-Grez is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants of Villiers-sous-Grez are called ''Villarons''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne departmen ...

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Vulaines-sur-Seine Vulaines-sur-Seine (, literally ''Vulaines on Seine'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Twin towns It is twinned with the village of Barby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. ...

(77533)

History

The arrondissement of Fontainebleau was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1988.Historique de Seine-et-Marne
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Seine-et-Marne, it received 10 communes from the arrondissement of Melun, and it lost seven communes to the

arrondissement of Provins The arrondissement of Provins is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 176 communes. Its population is 184,763 (2019), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement o ...

. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 77 Seine-et-Marne
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Moret-sur-Loing Moret-sur-Loing (, literally ''Moret on Loing'') is a former commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is situated on the river Loing, close to its confluence with the Seine. Moret–Veneu ...

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