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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