Fontaine-lès-Hermans

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Fontaine-lès-Hermans

Coat of arms of Fontaine-lès-Hermans
Fontaine-lès-Hermans is located in France
Fontaine-lès-Hermans
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Heuchin
Intercommunality Pernois
Mayor Grégoire Boutillier
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 99–189 m (325–620 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
Land area1 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Population2 101  (1999)
 - Density 27 /km2 (70 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62344/ 62550
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 50°31′38″N 2°21′00″E / 50.5272°N 2.35°E / 50.5272; 2.35

Fontaine-lès-Hermans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

The inhabitants of the commune of Fontaine-lès-Hermans are referred to as "Hermanifontains or Hermanifontaines (males or females)."[1]

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Geography [edit]

The commune is a small farming village situated 27 miles (43.5 km) northwest of Arras, on the D69 road. The largest nearby city is Bruay Buissière, which is located 15 km southeast of the commune. It is surrounded by the common Nédonchel, Westrehem and fiefs.[2]

Population [edit]

Historical population of Fontaine-lès-Hermans
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
Population 86 109 96 84 112 101
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest [edit]

  • St. Clement Church, which dates from the seventeenth century

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