Fréthun

Fréthun
Coat of arms
Fréthun
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Fréthun
Coordinates: 50°55′03″N 1°49′33″E / 50.9175°N 1.8258°ECoordinates: 50°55′03″N 1°49′33″E / 50.9175°N 1.8258°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-Nord-Ouest
Intercommunality	Sud-Ouest du Calaisis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Catherine Fournier
Area^1	7.92 km^2 (3.06 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	1,091
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62360 / 62185
Elevation	0–60 m (0–197 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 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.

Fréthun (Francization of Free Town) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A village located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D215 and D246 roads. It is home to the Calais-Fréthun railway station and the Eurotunnel terminal, linking France with England.

Calais-Fréthun is notoriously disliked among travellers due to its ambiguous name often giving rise to the false impression of being in Calais.

Population

The inhabitants are called Fréthunois.

Historical population of Fréthun

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	858	864	762	1094	1169	1091
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. Michel, dating from the nineteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Fréthun on the Quid website (French)