Longfossé

Longfossé
Coat of arms
Longfossé
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Longfossé
Coordinates: 50°39′10″N 1°48′23″E / 50.6528°N 1.8064°ECoordinates: 50°39′10″N 1°48′23″E / 50.6528°N 1.8064°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Pruvost
Area^1	10.22 km^2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,275
• Density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62524 / 62240
Elevation	39–207 m (128–679 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Longfossé is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Longfossé is situated some 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D204 and D215 roads..

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1103	1151	1148	1160	1218	1226	1275
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the seventeenth century.
• An eighteenth-century manorhouse.

Gallery

• 
  Longfossé Town Hall and School
• 
  St.Pierre Church
• 
  A statue of Jesus in the town

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Longfossé on the Quid website (French)