Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais

Fiennes
Commune
The entrance to the commune
Coat of arms
Location of Fiennes
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Coordinates: 50°49′38″N 1°49′33″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Eloi Bonningues[1]
Area ^1	11.64 km^2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	852
• Density	73/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62334 /62132
Elevation	71–166 m (233–545 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fiennes (French pronunciation: [fjɛn]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

A farming village located 16 km (10 miles) south of Calais, at the junction of the D250, D232 and D151 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	747	—
1975	682	−1.29%
1982	739	+1.15%
1990	760	+0.35%
1999	813	+0.75%
2007	859	+0.69%
2012	897	+0.87%
2017	891	−0.13%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The ruins of a castle, originally destroyed in 1320, rebuilt and destroyed again in 1543

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE