Fontaine-l'Étalon

Fontaine-l’Étalon
Commune
The church of Fontaine l'Étalon
Coat of arms
Location of Fontaine-l’Étalon
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Coordinates: 50°18′21″N 2°03′54″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Auxi-le-Château
Intercommunality	CC Ternois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Trannin
Area 1	3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	95
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62345 /62390
Elevation	54–132 m (177–433 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fontaine-l’Étalon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A small farming village situated 31 miles (49.9 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D101 and the D124 roads.

Population

Historical population of Fontaine-l'Étalon

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	119	160	143	124	124	112
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Fermin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• Traces of an old chateau.
• An old mill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery in the churchyard