Lefaux
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Lefaux
|commune status = Commune
|image coat of arms = Blason Lefaux.svg
|image = lefaux01.jpg
|caption = Semaphore tower
|arrondissement = Montreuil
|canton = Étaples
|INSEE = 62496
|postal code = 62630
|mayor = Geneviève Margueritte{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Deux Baies en Montreuillois
|coordinates = {{coord|50.5436|1.6606|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 75
|elevation min m = 23
|elevation max m = 152
|area km2 = 8.25
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Lefaux ({{IPA|fr|ləfo}}) 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/62496-lefaux INSEE commune file] 8 miles (16 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62496#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |199
|1975 |198
|1982 |203
|1990 |204
|1999 |242
|2007 |274
|2012 |255
|2017 |238
}}
Place of interest
- The semaphore tower at Lefaux, a remnant of the system created by Claude Chappe in 1793.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
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{{Pas-de-Calais communes}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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