Fouquières-lès-Lens

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Fouquières-lès-Lens

Coat of arms of Fouquières-lès-Lens
Fouquières-lès-Lens is located in France
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Fouquières-lès-Lens
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Lens
Canton Noyelles-sous-Lens
Intercommunality Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Mayor Michel Bouchez
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 22–43 m (72–141 ft)
(avg. 49 m or 161 ft)
Land area1 4.14 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Population2 6,939  (2004)
 - Density 1,676 /km2 (4,340 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62351/ 62740
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.

Coordinates: 50°25′46″N 2°54′49″E / 50.4294°N 2.9136°E / 50.4294; 2.9136

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

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Population

Historical population of Fouquières-lès-Lens
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2004
Population 8928 8801 7758 7550 7038 6898 6939
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

[edit] Places of interest

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

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