Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais

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

Fiennes
The entrance to the commune
Coat of arms
Location of Fiennes
Fiennes
Fiennes
Coordinates: 50°49′38″N 1°49′33″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementCalais
CantonCalais-2
IntercommunalityCC Pays d'Opale
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Clotilde Roberval
Area
1
11.64 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
891
  Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62334 /62132
Elevation71–166 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.

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
Year196219681975198219901999
Population710747682739760813
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents 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
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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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