Fruges

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Coordinates: 50°30′55″N 2°08′04″E / 50.5152777778, 2.13444444444

Commune of Fruges
Location
Fruges (France)
Fruges
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Montreuil
Canton Fruges
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Canton de Fruges et environs
Mayor Jean-Jacques Hilmoine
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 84 m–171 m
(avg. 107 m)
Land area¹ 18.9 km²
Population²
(1999)		 2,426
 - Density 128/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62364/ 62310
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.
France

Fruges is a commune and the chief town of a canton in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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[edit] Geography

Situated some 12 miles (19km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D928 road, set in a valley not far from the historic battlefield of Azincourt.

[edit] Features

Fruges is a typical small country town in the Pas-de-Calais with a weekly market, agricultural suppliers, a Champion and various smaller stores.

An annual Fête des Géants livens up August with parades of marching bands and papier mache giants.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
2,421 2,460 2,534 2,465 2,499 2,426
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

  • Church of St. Bertulphe, dating from the 19th century.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Fruges is twinned with Olsberg, Germany, since 1965.

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[edit] Notes

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