Fretin | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Fretin (59) Nord-France.svg |
Arrondissement: | Lille |
Canton: | Templeuve-en-Pévèle |
Insee: | 59256 |
Postal Code: | 59273 |
Mayor: | Marie-Jeanne Marseguerra[1] |
Term: | 2023 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
Coordinates: | 50.5581°N 3.135°W |
Elevation M: | 34 |
Elevation Min M: | 25 |
Elevation Max M: | 54 |
Area Km2: | 13.17 |
Fretin (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2] It is in the south of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.
It contains the Fretin triangle, a high speed flying junction joining the HSL 1 railway line from Brussels to the LGV Nord from Paris to the Channel Tunnel.