Coordinates: 50°55′03″N 1°49′33″E / 50.9175°N 1.82583333333°E
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Commune of Fréthun |
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  Fréthun
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region |  Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department |  Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | .svg){kind=small} Calais |
| Canton | Calais-Nord-Ouest |
| Intercommunality | Sud-Ouest du Calaisis |
| Mayor | Catherine Fournier (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0–60 m (0–200 ft) (avg. 11 m/36 ft) |
| Land area1 | 7.92 km2 (3.06 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,091 (1999) |
| - Density | 138 /km² (360 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62360/ 62185 |
| 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. | |
Fréthun (francization of Free Town) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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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
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 858 | 864 | 762 | 1094 | 1169 | 1091 |
| Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates | |||||
Places of interest
- The church of St.Michel, dating from the nineteenth century.
See also
References
External links
- Fréthun on the Quid website (French)
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