Festubert
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Festubert
|commune status = Commune
|image = Mairie de Festubert.JPG
|caption = The town hall of Festubert
|image coat of arms = Blason festubert.svg
|arrondissement = Béthune
|canton = Douvrin
|INSEE = 62330
|postal code = 62149
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
|coordinates = {{coord|50.5442|2.7375|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 20
|elevation min m = 18
|elevation max m = 21
|area km2 = 7.64
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Festubert ({{IPA|fr|fɛstybɛʁ}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France {{convert|21|mi|km}} southwest of Lille.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62330-festubert INSEE commune file] The village was on the Western Front during the First World War and was largely destroyed in the May 1915 Battle of Festubert.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62330#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |679
|1975 |670
|1982 |770
|1990 |1046
|1999 |1120
|2007 |1238
|2012 |1325
|2017 |1313
}}
See also
- Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
- Defence of Festubert (November 1914)
- Battle of Festubert (May 1915)
- Battle of the Lys (1918) (Festubert was on the southern extremity of this battle)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2000035 Brown’s Road CWGC cemetery]
- [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2027279 The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery]
{{Pas-de-Calais communes}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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