Lefaux

French commune
name= Lefaux
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Étaples
insee=62496
cp=62630
maire=Geneviève Margueritte
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes Mer et Terres d'Opale
longitude=1.66055555556
latitude=50.5436111111
alt moy=75 m
alt mini=23 m
alt maxi=152 m
hectares=825
km²=8,25
sans=242
date-sans=1999
dens=29|

Lefaux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A village situated 8 miles (16km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D148 road.

Population

Places of interest

* The 19th century church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
* The semaphore tower at Lefaux, a remnant of the first telegraphic system, created by Claude Chappe in 1793.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62496&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Lefaux on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26985&req=Lefaux Lefaux on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 23rd 2008."