Lefaux

Lefaux
Lefaux
	Commune
	Semaphore tower
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lefaux
	Lefaux Lefaux
	Coordinates: 50°32′37″N 1°39′38″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Étaples
Intercommunality	CA Deux Baies en Montreuillois
Government
• Mayor	Geneviève Margueritte
Area 1	8.25 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	238
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62496 /62630
Elevation	23–152 m (75–499 ft) ; (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

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

Historical population of Lefaux
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	188	199	198	203	204	242	240
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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

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