Festubert

Festubert
Commune
The town hall of Festubert
Coat of arms
Location of Festubert
Festubert Show map of France Festubert Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°32′39″N 2°44′15″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Douvrin
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Douvry[1]
Area ^1	7.64 km^2 (2.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,266
• Density	170/km^2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Festubert (French pronunciation: [fɛstybɛʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 21 miles (34 km) southwest of Lille.^[3] 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 population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	679	—
1975	670	−0.19%
1982	770	+2.01%
1990	1,046	+3.90%
1999	1,120	+0.76%
2007	1,238	+1.26%
2012	1,325	+1.37%
2017	1,313	−0.18%
Source: INSEE[4]

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

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Brown’s Road CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery