Fleurbaix

French commune
name= Fleurbaix
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Laventie
insee=62338
cp=62840
maire=Michel Dupont
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Flandre Lys
longitude=2.83361111111
latitude=50.6530555556
alt moy=18 m
alt mini=16 m
alt maxi=20 m
hectares=1286
km²=12,86
sans=2480
date-sans=1999
dens=192|

Fleurbaix is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village some convert|15|mi|km|1 northeast of Bethune and convert|13|mi|km|1 west of Lille, at the junction of the D176 and the D171 roads, at the border with the department of Nord. The small stream, the ‘Becque du Biez’ flows through the commune.

Population

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.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
*The Battle of Fromelles

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=29700&mode=1 Rue-David CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=29702&mode=1 Rue-de-Bois CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=30400&mode=1 Rue-Petillon CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027281&mode=1 The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26832&req=Fleurbaix Fleurbaix on the Quid website] fr
* [http://usfleurbaix.free.fr/ Website of the Sports Association] fr.

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 14th 2008."