Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais

Fiennes
Fiennes
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Fiennes
Coordinates: 50°49′38″N 1°49′33″E / 50.8272°N 1.8258°ECoordinates: 50°49′38″N 1°49′33″E / 50.8272°N 1.8258°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Guînes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Trois Pays
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Clotilde Roberval
Area^1	11.64 km^2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	813
• Density	70/km^2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62334 / 62132
Elevation	71–166 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	710	747	682	739	760	813
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. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The ruins of a castle, originally destroyed in 1320, rebuilt and destroyed again in 1543

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Fiennes on the Quid website (French)