Ferfay

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Ferfay
The town hall and monument to the dead, in Ferfay
The town hall and monument to the dead, in Ferfay
Coat of arms of Ferfay
Location of Ferfay
Ferfay is located in France
Ferfay
Ferfay
Coordinates: 50°31′08″N 2°25′31″E / 50.5189°N 2.4253°E / 50.5189; 2.4253Coordinates: 50°31′08″N 2°25′31″E / 50.5189°N 2.4253°E / 50.5189; 2.4253
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBéthune
CantonLillers
IntercommunalityCA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Gaston Nicolle
Area
1
3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
908
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62328 /62260
Elevation65–112 m (213–367 ft)
(avg. 106 m or 348 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography[]

A former coalmining and now a farming village some 10 miles (16.1 km) west of Béthune and 31 miles (49.9 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D341 and the D91 roads.

Population[]

Historical population of Ferfay
Year196219681975198219901999
Population8931015910888920880
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 St.Lugle-et-Saint-Luglien, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The ruins of a chateau destroyed in 1944.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.


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