Fosseux
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Fosseux
|commune status = Commune
|image = Fosseux.JPG
|caption = The tower of the church of Fosseux
|image coat of arms = Blason Fosseux.svg
|arrondissement = Arras
|canton = Avesnes-le-Comte
|INSEE = 62347
|postal code = 62810
|mayor = Jean Michel Delannoy{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CC Campagnes de l'Artois
|coordinates = {{coord|50.2567|2.5644|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 134
|elevation min m = 96
|elevation max m = 161
|area km2 = 5.43
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Fosseux ({{IPA|fr|fosø}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62347-fosseux INSEE commune file]
Geography
A small farming village situated {{Convert|12|mi|km}} southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D59 and the D66 roads.
Population
{{Historical populations
| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62347#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| percentages = pagr
| align = none
|1968 |143
|1975 |136
|1982 |134
|1990 |146
|1999 |143
|2007 |136
|2012 |141
|2017 |136
}}
Places of interest
- The church of St.Nicholas, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The eighteenth-century chateau.
- Traces of an old castle.
- A 400-year-old tree.
See also
References
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{{Pas-de-Calais communes}}
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Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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