Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais

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Coordinates: 50°49′38″N 1°49′33″E / 50.8272222222, 1.82583333333

Commune of Fiennes
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Guînes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Trois Pays
Mayor	Clotilde Roberval (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	71 m–166 m (avg. 92 m)
Land area¹	11,64 km²
Population² (1999)	813
- Density	69/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62334/ 62132
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.

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

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

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
710	747	682	739	760	813
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the 15th century.
• The ruins of a castle, originally destroyed in 1320, rebuilt and destroyed again in 1543

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Fiennes on the Insee website (French)
• Fiennes on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 28th 2008.