Fleurbaix (; vls, Vloerbeek) is a
commune
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in the
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
department
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in the
Hauts-de-France
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region of France.
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Geography
A farming village some northeast of Béthune
Béthune ( ; archaic and ''Bethwyn'' historically in English) is a city in northern France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department.
Geography
Béthune is located in the former province of Artois. It is situated south-east of Calais, ...
and west of Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...
, at the junction of the D176 and the D171 roads, at the border with the department of Nord
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* National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization
* New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
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. A Stream, the "Becque du Biez", flows through the commune.
Population
The inhabitants are called ''Fleurbaisiens''.
Places of interest
* The church of Notre-Dame, built in 1929, is the work of architect Louis M. Cordonnier
Louis Marie Cordonnier (July 7, 1854, Haubourdin, Nord – 1940) was a French architect, born in Haubourdin and associated principally with Lille and the French Flanders region.
Biography
Son of the architect Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier (1820â ...
.
* The four Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mil ...
cemeteries, including Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery
The Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery is a World War I cemetery located in the ''commune'' of Fleurbaix, in the Pas-de-Calais '' departement'' of France, about southwest of the village of Fleurbaix on the D171 road (rue Louis Bouquet), ...
* Remains of a Carthusian
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abbey.
See also
*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Battle of Fromelles
The Attack at Fromelles (, Battle of Fromelles, Battle of Fleurbaix or ) 19–20 July 1916, was a military operation on the Western Front during the First World War. The attack was carried out by British and Australian troops and was subsidiary ...]
References
External links
Rue-David CWGC cemetery
Rue-de-Bois CWGC cemetery
Rue-Petillon CWGC cemetery
The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery
Website of the Sports Association
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Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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