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Laventie
The church and town hall of Laventie
Coat of arms
Laventie
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Laventie
Coordinates: 50°37′42″N 2°46′19″E / 50.6283°N 2.7719°E / 50.6283; 2.7719Coordinates: 50°37′42″N 2°46′19″E / 50.6283°N 2.7719°E / 50.6283; 2.7719
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Beuvry
Intercommunality	Flandre Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger Douez
Area1	18.13 km2 (7.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,794
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62491 /62840
Elevation	15–20 m (49–66 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

A small farming and light industrial town, situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) northeast of Béthune and 12 miles (19.3 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D166, D173 and D174 roads. Famous for its cherries.

In World War I, like other settlements in Pas-de-Calais, Laventie was heavily fought over between German and Allied forces. From 1915, there was constant underground fighting in the area, in which units like the 173rd, 3rd Australian and 255th Tunnelling Companies RE were involved.