Fampoux

Fampoux
Coat of arms
Fampoux
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Fampoux
Coordinates: 50°18′10″N 2°52′21″E / 50.3028°N 2.8725°E / 50.3028; 2.8725Coordinates: 50°18′10″N 2°52′21″E / 50.3028°N 2.8725°E / 50.3028; 2.8725
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-Sud
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Géry Coulon
Area1	8.64 km2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	1,071
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62323 / 62118
Elevation	45–102 m (148–335 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 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.

Fampoux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Arras, on the D42 road. The A1 autoroute passes by the village about half a mile away.

Population

Places of interest

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• The church of St. Vaast, rebuilt along with most of the village, after World War I.
• The remnants of an old chateau.

Notable people

The poet Paul Verlaine spent his holidays here for several years, as his mother’s family were from Fampoux. A street and the village school bear his name.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fampoux.

• The CWGC cemetery at Fampoux
• Fampoux on the Quid website (French)
• South Africans buried in Fampoux British Cemetery