Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais

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Fiennes
Fiennes is located in France
Fiennes
Fiennes
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Fiennes is located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Fiennes
Fiennes
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Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Calais
Canton Guînes
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Trois Pays
Government
 • 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)
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.

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

Geography

A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, at the junction of the D250, D232 and D151 roads.

Population

Historical population of Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
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

  • 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

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