Fressin

Fressin
Commune
Pigeon house at the home of Bernanos
Coat of arms
Location of Fressin
Fressin Location within France Fressin Location within Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°26′50″N 2°03′20″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	CC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Vergeot
Area 1	17.17 km2 (6.63 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	579
• Density	33.7/km2 (87.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62359 /62140
Elevation	43–144 m (141–472 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fressin (French pronunciation: [fʁɛsɛ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 14 miles (23 km) east of Montreuil in the valley of the Planquette.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	536	—
1975	525	−0.30%
1982	585	+1.56%
1990	577	−0.17%
1999	563	−0.27%
2007	544	−0.43%
2012	536	−0.30%
2017	575	+1.41%
2023	579	+0.12%
Source: INSEE

Notable people

• Georges Bernanos, poet and writer, spent his youth here until 1924.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Site of the Association du Château de Fressin (in French)
• Fressin le Pays des 7 Vallées et son Foyer Rural (in French)