- Lefaux
French commune
name= Lefaux
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Étaples
insee=62496
cp=62630
maire=Geneviève Margueritte
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes Mer et Terres d'Opale
longitude=1.66055555556
latitude=50.5436111111
alt moy=75 m
alt mini=23 m
alt maxi=152 m
hectares=825
km²=8,25
sans=242
date-sans=1999
dens=29|Lefaux is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A village situated 8 miles (16km) north of
Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D148 road.Population
Places of interest
* The 19th century church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
* The semaphore tower at Lefaux, a remnant of the first telegraphic system, created byClaude Chappe in1793 .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=62496&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Lefaux on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26985&req=Lefaux Lefaux on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on April 23rd 2008."
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