Ferfay | ||
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Commune | ||
The town hall and monument to the dead, in Ferfay
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Coordinates: 50°31′08″N 2°25′31″E / 50.5189°N 2.4253°ECoordinates: 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 | Communauté de communes Artois-Lys | |
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• Mayor (2008–2014) | Gaston Nicolle | |
Area1 | 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) | |
Population (1999)2 | 880 | |
• Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 62328 /62260 | |
Elevation | 65–112 m (213–367 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 ft) |
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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.
Ferfay is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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.