Lefaux
Encyclopedia
Lefaux is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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on the D148 road.
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
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Lefaux is situated 8 miles (16 km) north of Montreuil-sur-MerMontreuil-sur-Mer
Montreuil or Montreuil-sur-Mer is a sub-prefecture in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is located on the Canche river, not far from Étaples...
on the D148 road.
Population
Places of interest
- The nineteenth century church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
- The semaphore tower at Lefaux, a remnant of the first telegraphic system, created by Claude Chappe in 1793.