A small farming and light industrial town, situated some 10 miles northeast of Béthune and 12 miles west of Lille, at the junction of the D166, D173 and D174 roads. Famous for its cherries.
In World War I, like other settlements in Pas-de-Calais, Laventie was heavily fought over between German and Allied forces. From 1915, there was constant underground fighting in the area, in which units like the 173rd, 3rd Australian and 255th Tunnelling Companies RE were involved. Laventie is the title of a poem by the war poet and composer Ivor Gurney
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Address: Laventie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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