Fressin

French commune
name=Fressin




x = 132
y = 25
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Fruges
insee=62359
cp=62140
maire=Christian Duflos
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Canton de Fruges et environs
longitude=2.05555555556
latitude=50.4472222222
alt moy=84 m
alt mini=43 m
alt maxi=144 m
hectares=1717
km²=17,17
sans=563
date-sans=1999
dens=32|

Fressin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated Convert|14|mi|km|1 east of Montreuil, at the junction of the D155 and the D154 roads. Fressin nestles in the valley of the Planquette, one of several small rivers that flow through the region known as the 'Seven Valleys'. Mixed arable and dairy farming is the predominant occupation of the inhabitants.

Population

Places of interest

*Ruins of the fortress built in the early 15th century by Jean de Créquy, one of the first Knights of the Golden Fleece, counsellor and chamberlain to Philip the Good.
* The church of St.Martin, dating from the 15th century. Large and impressive for such a small village. Two information boards tell in English the history of the church and village.
* Another smaller chateau, dating from the 18th century.

Famous people associated with the village

* Georges Bernanos spent his youth here up until 1924.

"J'habitais au temps de ma jeunesse une vielle chère maison dans les arbres, un minuscule hameau du pays d'Artois, plein d'un murmure de feuillages et d'eau vive"

"In my early youth I lived in an dear old house amongst the trees in a tiny hamlet in the Artois countryside, full of the murmuring of leaves and vibrant waters"

ee also

* Communes of Pas-de-Calais

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26853&req=Fressin Fressin on the Quid website] fr
* [http://www.chateaudefressin.fr Site of the Association du Château de Fressin] fr
* [http://www.fressin.com/ Fressin le Pays des 7 Vallées et son Foyer Rural] fr