Festubert

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Marie Douvry^[1]Area7.64 km² (2.95 sq mi)Population1,266 • Density170/km² (430/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation18–21 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.

Festubert (French pronunciation: [fɛstybɛʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3] 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 (34 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and the D72 roads.

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]

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)
• Battle of the Lys (1918) (Festubert was on the southern extremity of this battle)

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