Fosseux Explained

Fosseux
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Fosseux.svg
Arrondissement:	Arras
Canton:	Avesnes-le-Comte
Insee:	62347
Postal Code:	62810
Mayor:	Jean Michel Delannoy^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Campagnes de l'Artois
Coordinates:	50.2567°N 2.5644°W
Elevation M:	134
Elevation Min M:	96
Elevation Max M:	161
Area Km2:	5.43

Fosseux (in French pronounced as /fosø/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2]

Geography

A small farming village situated 12miles southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D59 and the D66 roads.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Nicholas, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau.
• Traces of an old castle.
• A 400-year-old tree.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM62347-fosseux INSEE commune file