Laventie

Laventie
Laventie
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Laventie
Coordinates: 50°37′42″N 2°46′19″E / 50.6283°N 2.7719°ECoordinates: 50°37′42″N 2°46′19″E / 50.6283°N 2.7719°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Laventie
Intercommunality	Flandre Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger Douez
Area^1	18.13 km^2 (7.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	4,794
• Density	260/km^2 (680/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

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.

Population

Historical population of Laventie

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	2871	2909	2877	3415	4410	4383	4794
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries. Captain George McElroy, a leading ace fighter pilot of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force (KIA in 1918) is buried in Laventie CWGC cemetery. It has also been suggested that fighter ace Mick Mannock is buried in the same cemetery, as an unidentified British airman. Nelson Victor Carter, VC, is also buried here.^[1]
• The German War Graves Commission cemeteries.
• The church of St. Vaast, dating from the twentieth century.

Twin towns

• Iserlohn, Germany, since 1967

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
• The works of Maxime Real del Sarte

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Casualty Details: Carter, Nelson Victor". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

External links

• Official website of Laventie (French)
• The CWGC Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue
• The CWGC Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie
• All CWGC cemeteries in the Laventie area
• Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Laventie (Laventie German War Cemetery) (German)
• Laventie on the Quid website (French)