Festubert

Festubert
Coat of arms
Festubert
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Festubert
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
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

Historical population of Festubert

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	667	679	670	770	1046	1120
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 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
• Defence of Festubert (November 1914)
• Battle of Festubert (May 1915)

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

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