Skip to content
Fretin
EntityQ1165041· pop 41· linked from 661 articles

Fretin () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is in the south of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.

OverviewAI-generated

Fretin is a commune in France, situated within the Nord department and the Lille metropolis. It lies in the Hauts-de-France region and is part of the arrondissement of Lille. The administrative entity includes the canton of Pont-à-Marcq, while its associated electoral district is the canton of Templeuve-en-Pévèle. The commune shares borders with Templeuve-en-Pévèle, Vendeville, Avelin, and Ennevelin.

With an area of 13.17 square kilometers, Fretin has an elevation of 54 meters above sea level. Its population is recorded as 3,404, comprising 1,679 males and 1,701 females. The postal code for the area is 59273. A restaurant named Le Moulin de Fretin is located on Rue Pasteur within the commune.

Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Firecrawl, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Weather now

cached 3h ago
17°broken clouds
73% 1.5 m/s OpenWeatherMap

Place details

Locality
Fretin
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Population
3,048

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

French commune.name
Fretin
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
Fretin.- l'église Église Saint-Martin au fil des Voyettes.JPG
French commune.caption
The church in Fretin
French commune.image coat of arms
Blason de la ville de Fretin (59) Nord-France.svg
French commune.arrondissement
Lille
French commune.canton
Templeuve-en-Pévèle
French commune.INSEE
59256
French commune.postal code
59273
French commune.mayor
Marie-Jeanne Marseguerra
French commune.term
2023–2026
French commune.intercommunality
Métropole Européenne de Lille
French commune.elevation m
34
French commune.elevation min m
25
French commune.elevation max m
54
French commune.area km2
13.17

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Page d'accueil | Ville de Fretin

Bienvenue sur le site officiel de Fretin. Découvrez ici tous les services de la ville : démarches en ligne, événements, actualités et agenda.

ville-fretin.fr

Link to the official site · 4,413 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Official name
Fretin
Country
France
Population
3214
Area
13.17
Elevation
40
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Sainghin-en-Mélantois
Official website
www.ville-fretin.fr
Image
WARLET.JPG
Show 10 more facts
Commons category
Fretin
postal code
59273
associated electoral district
canton of Templeuve-en-Pévèle
different from
Fréthun
male population
1679
female population
1701
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-3-20-64-67-40
fax number
+33-3-20-64-67-59
Sources (8)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Fretin junction
  • Population
  • Notable people
  • Heraldry
  • See also
  • References

Fretin () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is in the south of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.

==Fretin junction== thumb|right|200px|Fretin triangle flying junction 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fretin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (2)

On the map

2 mapped locations