Ferfay | |
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_mairie_et_monument_aux_morts.jpg')) The town hall and monument to the dead, in Ferfay | |
) Coat of arms | |
Location of Ferfay  | |
)  Ferfay ) Ferfay | |
| Coordinates: 50°31′08″N 2°25′31″E / 50.5189°N 2.4253°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Béthune |
| Canton | Lillers |
| Intercommunality | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Gaston Nicolle |
| Area 1 | 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[1] | 912 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62328 /62260 |
| Elevation | 65–112 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
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 893 | 1015 | 910 | 888 | 920 | 880 |
| 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
- ^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.