Ferfay
Appearance
Ferfay | |
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The town hall and monument to the dead, in 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 (2020–2026) | Line Garot[1] |
Area 1 | 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 882 |
• Density | 230/km2 (590/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 (French pronunciation: [fɛʁfaj]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]A former coalmining and now a farming village some 10 miles (16 km) west of Béthune and 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D341 and the D91 roads.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,015 | — |
1975 | 910 | −1.55% |
1982 | 888 | −0.35% |
1990 | 920 | +0.44% |
1999 | 880 | −0.49% |
2007 | 954 | +1.01% |
2012 | 931 | −0.49% |
2017 | 912 | −0.41% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St.Lugle-et-Saint-Luglien, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The ruins of a chateau destroyed in 1944.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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