Festubert

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{{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

|mayor = Jean-Marie Douvry{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|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

}}

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