Fouquières-lès-Lens

French commune
name= Fouquières-lès-Lens
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Noyelles-sous-Lens
insee=62351
cp=62740
maire= Michel Bouchez
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
longitude=2.91361111111
latitude=50.4294444444
alt moy=49 m
alt mini=22 m
alt maxi=43 m
hectares=414
km²=4,14
sans=6939
date-sans=2004
dens=1670|

Fouquières-lès-Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining town situated some convert|5|mi|km|1 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

External links

* [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin] fr
* [http://fouquiereschf.free.fr/ Website of Fouquières-lez-Lens] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26845&req=Fouquières-lès-Lens Fouquières-lès-Lens on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on August 2nd 2008."