Frévent

Frévent
Frévent
	Commune
	Blondel watermill, housing the Wintenberger Museum
	Coat of arms
	Location of Frévent
	Frévent Frévent
	Coordinates: 50°16′38″N 2°17′20″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	CC Ternois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-François Théret
Area 1	15.23 km2 (5.88 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	3,570
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62361 /62270
Elevation	62–145 m (203–476 ft) ; (avg. 79 m or 259 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

A farming town situated in the valley of the Canche river, 20 miles (32.2 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D946, the D939 and the D941 roads.

History

The year 1137 saw the establishment of a Cistercian abbey by the Count de Saint-Pol at the hamlet of Cercamp.
The town was invaded in 1537 by the French, and the castle was burned down in 1543 by the Duke of Vendôme.
Frévent was partially destroyed in 1944 during the Second World War.

Population

The inhabitants are called Fréventins.

Historical population of Frévent
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Population	4386	4531	4322	4217	4121	3952	4037
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The church of St. Hilaire, dating from the sixteenth century.
The church of St. Vaast, dating from the twentieth century.
The chateau at Cercamp, dating from the nineteenth century.
The abbey and park at Cercamp.
A former flour mill.
The Louis Ducatel Museum, housing works of the painter Louis Ducatel, local archaeology, costumes and sculptures.
The Wintenberger Museum, with a history of flour mills and a collection of tools and farm equipment.

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References

INSEE commune file

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

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