- Guarbecque
French commune
name= Guarbecque
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton=Lillers
insee=62391
cp=62330
maire=Christophe Fiancette
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois Flandres
longitude=2.49027777778
latitude=50.6113888889
alt moy=19 m
alt mini=16 m
alt maxi=22 m
hectares=546
km²=5,46
sans=1268
date-sans=1999
dens=232|Guarbecque is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A light industrial and farming village, situated some convert|9|mi|km|1 north of
Bethune and convert|28|mi|km|1 west ofLille , at the junction of the D186 and the D187 roads. The Canal d’Aire and the Guarbecque stream flow through the commune.Population
Places of interest
* The
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
* The church of St.Nicolas, dating from the11th century .See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=29402&mode=1 The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26884&req=Guarbecque Guarbecque on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 15th 2008."
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