Fréthun

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Fréthun

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Fréthun
Coordinates: 50°55′03″N 1°49′33″E / 50.9175°N 1.8258°E / 50.9175; 1.8258Coordinates: 50°55′03″N 1°49′33″E / 50.9175°N 1.8258°E / 50.9175; 1.8258
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Calais
Canton Calais-Nord-Ouest
Intercommunality Sud-Ouest du Calaisis
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Catherine Fournier
Area
 • Land1 7.92 km2 (3.06 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Population2 1,091
 • Population2 Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62360 / 62185
Elevation 0–60 m (0–197 ft)
(avg. 11 m or 36 ft)

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

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fréthun (francization of Free Town) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A village located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D215 and D246 roads. It is home to the Calais-Fréthun railway station and the Eurotunnel terminal, linking France with England.

Calais-Frethun is notoriously disliked among travellers due to its ambiguous name often giving rise to the false impression of being in Calais.

Population

Historical population of Fréthun
Year196219681975198219901999
Population858864762109411691091
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Michel, dating from the nineteenth century.

See also

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