Farbus

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Farbus

(2020–2026) Philippe Canler^[1]Area

3.49 km² (1.35 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

617 • Density180/km² (460/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

62324 /62580

Elevation61–139 m (200–456 ft)
(avg. 76 m or 249 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Farbus (French pronunciation: [faʁby]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3] It is located 7 kilometres from the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge (part of the Battle of Arras) and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.^[4]

Geography

A farming village situated 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Arras, at the junction of the D50 and D51 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	430	—
1975	473	+1.37%
1982	460	−0.40%
1990	529	+1.76%
1999	532	+0.06%
2007	540	+0.19%
2012	537	−0.11%
2017	557	+0.73%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Places of interest

The church of St. Ranulphe, rebuilt after World War I
The nearby Canadian National Vimy Memorial

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France". The Great War UK. The Great War UK. 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2017. The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE