- Fampoux
French commune
name= Fampoux
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Arras-Sud
insee=62323
cp=62118
maire=Géry Coulon
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté urbaine d'Arras
longitude=2.8725
latitude=50.3027777778
alt moy=67 m
alt mini=45 m
alt maxi=102 m
hectares=864
km²=8,64
sans=1071
date-sans=1999
dens=123|Fampoux is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village situated Convert|4|mi|km|1 east of Arras, on the D42 road. The
A1 autoroute passes by the village about half a mile away.Population
Places of interest
* The
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
* The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt along with most of the village, afterWorld War I .
* The remnants of an old chateau.People linked to the commune
The poet
Paul Verlaine spent his holidays here for several years, as his mother’s family were from Fampoux. A street and the village school bear his name.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=31000&mode=1 The CWGC cemetery at Fampoux]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=36943&req=Fampoux Fampoux on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on June 18th 2008."
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