Fontainebleau, Gauteng

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Coordinates: 26°06′13″S27°58′36″E / 26.1037°S 27.9766°E / -26.1037; 27.9766
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Randburg
Area [1]
• Total	1.72 km2 (0.66 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	2,826
• Density	1,640/km2 (4,260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
•  Black African	32.4%
•  Coloured	2.1%
•  Indian/Asian	4.9%
•  White	59.9%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011) [1]
•  English	45.1%
•  Afrikaans	29.1%
•  Zulu	5.8%
•  Southern Ndebele	3.3%
• Other	16.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2194
PO box	2032

Fontainebleau is a suburb of Randburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

Named after the famous French palace called Fontainebleau by the surveyor of the suburb called W.H. Auret Pritchard after a visit to France. ^[2]

References

1. "Sub Place Fontainebleau". Census 2011.
2. Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN   9781868425501.