Lefaux

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
Commune
Semaphore tower
Coat of arms
Location of Lefaux
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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  (2022)[2]	222
• 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.

Population

Historical population

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]

Place of interest

• The semaphore tower at Lefaux, a remnant of the system created by Claude Chappe in 1793.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department