Fressin
Encyclopedia
Fressin is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, one of several small rivers that flow through the region known as the 'Seven Valleys'. Mixed arable and dairy farming is the predominant occupation of the inhabitants.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
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Geography
A farming village situated 14 miles (22.5 km) east of Montreuil, at the junction of the D155 and the D154 roads. Fressin nestles in the valley of the PlanquettePlanquette
The river Planquette is one of the small streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the Canche.The river rises at Planques and passes Fressin, Wambercourt, Cavron-Saint-Martin and joins the Canche at Contes.-References:...
, one of several small rivers that flow through the region known as the 'Seven Valleys'. Mixed arable and dairy farming is the predominant occupation of the inhabitants.
Population
Places of interest
- Ruins of the fortress built in the early 15th century by Jean de CréquyJean de CréquyJean de Créquy was born in 1395 into the military Créquy family, dating back to the 10th century, the son of Jean IV and Jeanne de Roye]] ....
, one of the first Knights of the Golden Fleece, counsellor and chamberlain to Philip the Good. - The church of St.Martin, dating from the fifteenth century. Large and impressive for such a small village. Two information boards tell in English the history of the church and village.
- Another smaller chateau, dating from the eighteenth century.