Fontaine-l'Étalon

French commune
name= Fontaine-l’Étalon
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Auxi-le-Château
insee=62345
cp=62390
maire=Alain Trannin
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de l'Auxillois
longitude=2.065
latitude=50.3058333333
alt moy=102 m
alt mini=54 m
alt maxi=132 m
hectares=398
km²=3,98
sans=112
date-sans=1999
dens=28|

Fontaine-l’Étalon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A small farming village situated Convert|31|mi|km|1 west of Arras, at the junction of the D101 and the D124 roads.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Fermin, dating from the 16th century.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
* Traces of an old chateau.
* An old mill.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027283&mode=1 The CWGC cemetery in the churchyard]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26838&req=Fontaine-l’Étalon Fontaine-l’Étalon on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 19th 2008."