Archaeology has provided no evidence of prehistoric or Celtic occupation. Roman presence has been confirmed by the discovery of coins, an oculist's seal and a potter's kiln.
The first mention of Fontaines dates back to 939, when Hugues le Grand, father of Hugues Capet, granted a charter to the abbey of Saint Julien de Tours " in villa quae dicitur Fontanae, ubi residebat dominus Hugo, venerabilis comes" ("in the village called Fontaines, where the lord Hugues, venerable count,...