Fontainebleau, Gauteng

Fontainebleau
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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	1,600/km2 (4,300/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 3.

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.