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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Canton
  
Cambrin

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Béthune

Festubert

Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois

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.

Contents

Map of 62149 Festubert, France

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.

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.

    • References

    Festubert Wikipedia
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