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Lefaux (French pronunciation: [ləfo]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[3] 8 miles (16 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer.
Lefaux | |
|---|---|
 Semaphore tower | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lefaux  | |
  Lefaux  Lefaux | |
| Coordinates: 50°32′37″N 1°39′38″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Montreuil |
| Canton | Étaples |
| Intercommunality | CA Deux Baies en Montreuillois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Geneviève Margueritte[1] |
Area 1 | 8.25 km2 (3.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 224 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62496 /62630 |
| Elevation | 23–152 m (75–499 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 199 | — |
| 1975 | 198 | −0.07% |
| 1982 | 203 | +0.36% |
| 1990 | 204 | +0.06% |
| 1999 | 242 | +1.92% |
| 2007 | 274 | +1.56% |
| 2012 | 255 | −1.43% |
| 2017 | 238 | −1.37% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
- The semaphore tower at Lefaux, a remnant of the system created by Claude Chappe in 1793.[citation needed]
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