- 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 thePas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .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 theEurotunnel 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] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on May 28th 2008."
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