Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area

Aire urbaine

The aire urbaine is a statistical region created by the INSEE that comprises a commuter belt surrounding a contiguous urban core...

 of Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

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. It is located 55.5 kilometres (34.5 mi) south-southeast of the centre of Paris

Kilometre Zero

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. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne

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 department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau

Arrondissement of Fontainebleau

The arrondissement of Fontainebleau is an arrondissement of France, located in the Seine-et-Marne département, in the Île-de-France région...

. The commune has the largest land area in the Île-de-France

Île-de-France (région)

Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....

 region; it is the only one to cover a larger area than Paris itself.

Fontainebleau, together with the neighbouring commune of Avon

Avon, Seine-et-Marne

Avon is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-Geography:Avon and Fontainebleau, together with three other smaller communes, form an urban area of 36,713 inhabitants...

 and three other smaller communes, form an urban area of 36,713 inhabitants (according to the 1999 census).