Fouquières-lès-Lens

Fouquières-lès-Lens
Commune
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°25′46″N 2°54′49″E / 50.4294°N 2.9136°E / 50.4294; 2.9136Coordinates: 50°25′46″N 2°54′49″E / 50.4294°N 2.9136°E / 50.4294; 2.9136
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Harnes
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Bouchez
Area 1	4.14 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	6,399
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62351 /62740
Elevation	22–43 m (72–141 ft) (avg. 49 m or 161 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fouquières-lès-Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

An ex-coalmining town situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Lens, at the junction of the D46 and the A21 autoroute.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
• The war memorial.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fouquières-lès-Lens.

• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (in French)
• Website of Fouquières-lez-Lens (in French)

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