Fressin

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Coordinates: 50°26′50″N 2°03′20″E / 50.4472222222222, 2.05555555555556

Commune of Fressin

Location

Administration

Emile Desmons
(1999-2008)

Statistics

Elevation

43 m–144 m
(avg. 84 m)

Land area^¹

17,17 km²

Population^²
(1999)

563

Miscellaneous

INSEE/Postal code

62359/ 62140

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fressin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département of northern France.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Population
4 Places and Monuments
5 Famous people associated with the village
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Geography

The village of Fressin nestles in the valley of the Planquette, one of several small rivers that flow through the region known as the 'Seven Valleys'. Mixed arable and dairy farming is the predominant occupation of the inhabitants.

[edit] History

[edit] Population

Population Growth
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
519	536	525	585	577	563
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places and Monuments

The Church. Large and impressive for such a small village. Information boards in English, tell of the church and village history.
Ruins of the fortress built in the early 15th century by Jean de Créquy, one of the first Knights of the Golden Fleece, counsellor and chamberlain to Philip the Good.

Ruins of the chateau, at Fressin

[edit] Famous people associated with the village

Georges Bernanos spent his youth here up until 1924.

The pigeon house at the home of Bernanos

"J'habitais au temps de ma jeunesse une vielle chère maison dans les arbres, un minuscule hameau du pays d'Artois, plein d'un murmure de feuillages et d'eau vive"

"In my early youth I lived in an old, dear house amongst the trees, a tiny hamlet in the Artois countryside, full of the murmuring of leaves and vibrant waters"