Country France Department Pas-de-Calais Intercommunality Sud-Ouest du Calaisis Area 7.92 km² Arrondissement Calais | Region Hauts-de-France Canton Calais-Nord-Ouest Population (1999) 1,091 Local time Saturday 5:32 AM | |
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Fréthun (Francization of Free Town) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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Map of 62185 Fr%C3%A9thun, France
Geography
A village located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D215 and D246 roads. It is home to the Calais-Fréthun railway station and the Eurotunnel terminal, linking France with England.
Calais-Fréthun is notoriously disliked among travellers due to its ambiguous name often giving rise to the false impression of being in Calais.
Population
The inhabitants are called Fréthunois.
Places of interest
References
Fréthun Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA