Ferfay
| Ferfay | ||
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  Ferfay | ||
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Ferfay | ||
| Coordinates: 50°31′08″N 2°25′31″E / 50.5189°N 2.4253°ECoordinates: 50°31′08″N 2°25′31″E / 50.5189°N 2.4253°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Béthune | |
| Canton | Auchel | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Artois-Lys | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Gaston Nicolle | |
| Area1 | 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 880 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62328 / 62260 | |
| Elevation |
65–112 m (213–367 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Ferfay is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
A former coalmining and now a farming village some 10 miles (16.1 km) west of Béthune and 31 miles (49.9 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D341 and the D91 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 893 | 1015 | 910 | 888 | 920 | 880 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | ||||||
Places of interest
- The church of St.Lugle-et-Saint-Luglien, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The ruins of a chateau destroyed in 1944.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ferfay. |
- Ferfay on the Quid website (French)
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