Fouquières-lès-Lens

Fouquières-lès-Lens
Commune
The church of Fouquières-lès-Lens

Coat of arms
Fouquières-lès-Lens
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Fouquières-lès-Lens
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
Area1 4.14 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Population (2004)2 6,939
 • Density 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Historical population of Fouquières-lès-Lens
Year1962196819751982199019992004
Population8928880177587550703868986939
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 church of St.Vaast, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
  • The war memorial.

See also

References


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