Farbus

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Farbus

|commune status = Commune

|image = 019 Farbus ( 62580 ).JPG

|caption = The town hall of Farbus

|image coat of arms = Blason farbus.svg

|arrondissement = Arras

|canton = Arras-2

|INSEE = 62324

|postal code = 62580

|mayor = Nicolas Vasseur{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=16 April 2024|language=fr}}

|term = 2024–2026

|intercommunality = CU d'Arras

|coordinates = {{coord|50.3578|2.825|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 76

|elevation min m = 61

|elevation max m = 139

|area km2 = 3.49

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Farbus ({{IPA|fr|faʁby}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62324-farbus INSEE commune file] It is located seven kilometres from the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge (part of the Battle of Arras) and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.{{cite web |url=http://www.greatwar.co.uk/french-flanders-artois/memorial-canadian-national-vimy-memorial.htm |title=Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France |author= |date=2015 |website=The Great War UK |access-date=31 March 2017 |quote=The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east.}}

Geography

A farming village situated {{Convert|6|mi|km}} northeast of Arras, at the junction of the D50 and D51 roads.

Population

{{Historical populations

| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62324#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| percentages = pagr

| align = none

|1968 |430

|1975 |473

|1982 |460

|1990 |529

|1999 |532

|2007 |540

|2012 |537

|2017 |557

}}

Places of interest

See also

References

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Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais

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