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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Fiennes
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| Coordinates: 50°49′38″N 1°49′33″E / 50.8272°N 1.8258°ECoordinates: 50°49′38″N 1°49′33″E / 50.8272°N 1.8258°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Calais |
| Canton | Guînes |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Trois Pays |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Clotilde Roberval |
| Area1 | 11.64 km2 (4.49 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 813 |
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62334 / 62132 |
| Elevation | 71–166 m (233–545 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 ft) |
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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. |
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Fiennes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography[edit]
A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, at the junction of the D250, D232 and D151 roads.
Population[edit]
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 710 | 747 | 682 | 739 | 760 | 813 |
| 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[edit]
- The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
- The ruins of a castle, originally destroyed in 1320, rebuilt and destroyed again in 1543
See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Fiennes on the Quid website (French)