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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Flandre Lys

Area
  
18.13 km²

Arrondissement
  
Béthune

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Laventie

Population (2006)
  
4,794

Local time
  
Monday 7:46 PM

Laventie

Weather
  
8°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 84% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Laventie, France

Geography

A small farming and light industrial town, situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) northeast of Béthune and 12 miles (19.3 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D166, D173 and D174 roads. Famous for its cherries.

History

In World War I, like other settlements in Pas-de-Calais, Laventie was heavily fought over between German and Allied forces. From 1915, there was constant underground fighting in the area, in which units like the 173rd, 3rd Australian and 255th Tunnelling Companies RE were involved.

Places of interest

  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries. Captain George McElroy, a leading ace fighter pilot of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force (KIA in 1918) is buried in Laventie CWGC cemetery. It has also been suggested that fighter ace Mick Mannock is buried in the same cemetery, as an unidentified British airman. Nelson Victor Carter, VC, is also buried here.
  • The German War Graves Commission cemeteries.
  • The church of St. Vaast, dating from the twentieth century.

    • Twin towns

  • Iserlohn, Germany, since 1967

    • References

    Laventie Wikipedia
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