Ferfay

Ferfay
Commune
The town hall and monument to the dead, in Ferfay
Coat of arms
Location of Ferfay
Ferfay Ferfay
Coordinates: 50°31′08″N 2°25′31″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Line Garot
Area 1	3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	861
• Density	221/km2 (573/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62328 /62260
Elevation	65–112 m (213–367 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ferfay (French pronunciation: [fɛʁfaj]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A former coalmining and now a farming village some 10 miles (16 km) west of Béthune and 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D341 and the D91 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,015	—
1975	910	−1.55%
1982	888	−0.35%
1990	920	+0.44%
1999	880	−0.49%
2007	954	+1.01%
2012	931	−0.49%
2017	912	−0.41%
2023	861	−0.95%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St.Lugle-et-Saint-Luglien, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The ruins of a chateau destroyed in 1944.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department