The river Vendée flows through the town. The town has an area of 34 km2 (13 sq mi). Fontenay was in existence as early as the time of the Gauls. The affix of comte is said to have been applied to it when it was taken by King Louis IX from the family of Lusignan and given to his brother Alphonse, count of Poitou, under whom it became capital of Bas-Poitou. Ceded to the Plantagenets by the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, it was retaken in 1372 by du Guesclin. It suffered repeated capture during the 16th-century French Wars of Religion, was dismantled in 1621 and was occupied both by the Republicans and the Royalists during the War in the Vendée (1793). From 1790 to 1806, it was the seat of the Vendée department. More information...
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