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Fressin (French pronunciation: ​[fʁɛsɛ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]

Fressin
Commune
Pigeon house at the home of Bernanos
Coat of arms
Location of Fressin
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Coordinates: 50°26′50″N 2°03′20″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	CC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Vergeot[1]
Area 1	17.17 km2 (6.63 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	580
• Density	34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62359 /62140
Elevation	43–144 m (141–472 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 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 farming village situated 14 miles (23 km) east of Montreuil, at the junction of the D155 and the D154 roads. Fressin nestles in the valley of the Planquette, one of several small rivers that flow through the region known as the 'Seven Valleys'. Mixed arable and dairy farming is the predominant occupation of the inhabitants.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	536	—
1975	525	−0.30%
1982	585	+1.56%
1990	577	−0.17%
1999	563	−0.27%
2007	544	−0.43%
2012	536	−0.30%
2017	575	+1.41%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• Ruins of the fortress built in the early 15th century by Jean de Créquy, one of the first Knights of the Golden Fleece, counsellor and chamberlain to Philip the Good.
• The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century. Large and impressive for such a small village. Two information boards tell in English the history of the church and village.
• Another smaller chateau, dating from the eighteenth century.

Notable people

• Georges Bernanos, poet and writer, spent his youth here until 1924.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links

• Site of the Association du Château de Fressin (in French)
• Fressin le Pays des 7 Vallées et son Foyer Rural (in French)
• Annuaire-Mairie website (in French)

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