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Fontaine-l’Étalon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Fontaine-l’Étalon
Commune
The church of Fontaine l'Étalon
Coat of arms
Location of Fontaine-l’Étalon
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Coordinates: 50°18′21″N 2°03′54″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Auxi-le-Château
Intercommunality	CC Ternois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Trannin[1]
Area 1	3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	99
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62345 /62390
Elevation	54–132 m (177–433 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A small farming village situated 31 miles (49.9 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D101 and the D124 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	160	—
1975	143	−1.59%
1982	124	−2.02%
1990	124	+0.00%
1999	112	−1.12%
2007	123	+1.18%
2012	123	+0.00%
2017	102	−3.68%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Fermin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• Traces of an old chateau.
• An old mill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fontaine-l'Étalon.

• The CWGC cemetery in the churchyard

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