Festubert

Festubert
Commune
The town hall of Festubert
Coat of arms
Location of Festubert
Festubert Festubert
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 (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Douvry
Area 1	7.64 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,266
• Density	170/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Festubert is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France 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)
• Battle of the Lys (1918) (Festubert was on the southern extremity of this battle)

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

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