Fréthun

French commune
name= Fréthun
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Calais-Nord-Ouest
insee=62360
cp=62185
maire=Catherine Fournier
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest du Calaisis
longitude=1.82583333333
latitude=50.9175
alt moy=11 m
alt mini=0 m
alt maxi=60 m
hectares=792
km²=7,92
sans=1091
date-sans=1999
dens=137|

Fréthun (francization of Free Town) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A village located 3 miles (5km) 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.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Michel, dating from the 19th century.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62360&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Fréthun on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26854&req=Fréthun Fréthun on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 28th 2008."