Famars

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Famars

Total population

2,475

Elevation36 m

Land area4.73 km²

Coordinates50.32°, 3.52°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Famars is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Frédéric Wallerant

French mineralogist (1858-1936)

Daniel Leclercq

French footballer (1949-2019)

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Pierre Pruvost

French geologist (1890–1967)

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Léon Guéry

French association football player (1920-1995)

Aimable

French accordion player (1922–1997)

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Alphonse Malaquin

French zoologist (1868–1949)

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Charles Alexandre Crauk

French painter (1819-1905)

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Colette Duval

French model and skydiver

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Cécile Gallez

French politician

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Edmond Delépine

French association football player (1921-1998)

Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet

Governor of El Salvador, Louisiana and West Florida

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Jean-Marc Lech

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Jean Weichert

French association football player (1926-2003)

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Jules Léglise

French association football player (1920-1995)

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Patrick Jeskowiak

French association football player

Paul Raoult

French politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Hauts-de-France

• Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
  1.2 mi away · pop. 7,183
• Haulchin
  3.8 mi away · pop. 2,320
• Curgies
  4 mi away · pop. 1,347
• Petite-Forêt
  4.5 mi away · pop. 5,058
• Oisy
  4.5 mi away · pop. 690
• Estreux
  4.5 mi away · pop. 952
• Villers-Pol
  4.7 mi away · pop. 1,262
• Bruay-sur-l'Escaut
  5.7 mi away · pop. 11,309
• Haspres
  5.9 mi away · pop. 2,642
• Sebourg
  5.9 mi away · pop. 1,977
• Escarmain
  6.1 mi away · pop. 480
• Beaudignies
  6.3 mi away · pop. 568

Browse all places in Hauts-de-France →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Marpissa radiata

Marpissa radiata

Seen 2026-09-19

blusher

Amanita rubescens

Seen 2026-09-19

Lesser Stag Beetle

Dorcus parallelipipedus

Seen 2026-09-18

Melanocoryphus albomaculatus

Melanocoryphus albomaculatus

Seen 2026-09-17

Old man's beard

Clematis vitalba

Seen 2026-09-16

common ivy

Hedera helix

Seen 2026-09-16

lesser periwinkle

Vinca minor

Seen 2026-09-16

sessile oak

Quercus petraea

Seen 2026-09-16

European ash

Fraxinus excelsior

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers