Lefaux

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Coordinates: 50°32′37″N 1°39′38″E / 50.5436111111, 1.66055555556

Commune of Lefaux
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Étaples
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Mer et Terres d'Opale
Mayor	Geneviève Margueritte
Statistics
Elevation	23 m–152 m (avg. 75 m)
Land area¹	8,25 km²
Population² (1999)	242
- Density	29/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62496/ 62630
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.

Lefaux 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 village situated 8 miles (16km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D148 road.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
188	199	198	203	204	242
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The 19th century church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
• The semaphore tower at Lefaux, a remnant of the first telegraphic system, created by Claude Chappe in 1793.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 23rd 2008.