Festubert

Festubert
Coat of arms
Festubert
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Festubert
Coordinates: 50°32′39″N 2°44′15″E / 50.5442°N 2.7375°E / 50.5442; 2.7375Coordinates: 50°32′39″N 2°44′15″E / 50.5442°N 2.7375°E / 50.5442; 2.7375
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Cambrin
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Douvry
Area1	7.64 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	1,120
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62330 / 62149
Elevation	18–21 m (59–69 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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.

Festubert is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The village was on the Western Front during the First World War and was largely destroyed in the May 1915 Battle of Festubert.

Geography

A farming village some 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Béthune and 21 miles (33.8 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and the D72 roads.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt, as was much of the village, after the First World War.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
• Battle of Festubert

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Festubert.

• Brown’s Road CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery
• Festubert on the Quid website (French)