Fontenay-Le-Comte, a town of France, formerly the capital of a department in Poitou, now in the department of Vendee, 33 m. S. E. of Napoleon-Vendee; pop. in 1866, 8,062. It has several remarkable churches, a college, four convents, a fine theatre, and three yearly fairs, and carries on a considerable trade in wine, staves, charcoal, leather, linen, coarse cloth, cordage, and timber. During the French revolution its name was changed to Fontenay-le-Peuple. In a public square is an ancient fountain, from which the town takes its name.