Fontaine-lès-Croisilles

Fontaine-lès-Croisilles
Coat of arms
Fontaine-lès-Croisilles
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Fontaine-lès-Croisilles
Coordinates: 50°13′10″N 2°54′34″E / 50.2194°N 2.9094°ECoordinates: 50°13′10″N 2°54′34″E / 50.2194°N 2.9094°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Croisilles
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Sud Arrageois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Danièle Tabary
Area^1	6.26 km^2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	257
• Density	41/km^2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62343 / 62128
Elevation	57–98 m (187–322 ft) (avg. 63 m or 207 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.

Fontaine-lès-Croisilles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 9 miles (14.5 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D9 and the C2 road.

Population

Historical population of Fontaine-lès-Croisilles

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	215	235	222	228	238	257
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.Maurice, rebuilt, as was all the village, after World War I.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Fontaine-lès-Croisilles on the Quid website (French)