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Fleurbaix

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Flandre Lys

Area
  
12.86 km²

Arrondissement
  
Béthune

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Laventie

Population (1999)
  
2,480

Local time
  
Monday 7:31 AM

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 97% Humidity

Fleurbaix is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of 62840 Fleurbaix, France

Geography

A farming village some 15 miles (24.1 km) northeast of Béthune and 13 miles (20.9 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D176 and the D171 roads, at the border with the department of Nord. A Stream, the "Becque du Biez", flows through the commune.

Population

The inhabitants are called Fleurbaisiens.

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, built in 1929, is the work of architect Louis M. Cordonnier.
  • The four Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.
  • Remains of a Carthusian abbey.

    • References

    Fleurbaix Wikipedia
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