Fouquières-lès-Lens
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  Fouquières-lès-Lens | ||
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Fouquières-lès-Lens | ||
| Coordinates: 50°25′46″N 2°54′49″E / 50.4294°N 2.9136°ECoordinates: 50°25′46″N 2°54′49″E / 50.4294°N 2.9136°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Noyelles-sous-Lens | |
| Intercommunality | Communaupole de 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) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62351 / 62740 | |
| Elevation |
22–43 m (72–141 ft) (avg. 49 m or 161 ft) | |
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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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 |
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| Population | 8928 | 8801 | 7758 | 7550 | 7038 | 6898 | 6939 |
| 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
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fouquières-lez-Lens. |
- Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (French)
- Website of Fouquières-lez-Lens (French)
- Fouquières-lès-Lens on the Quid website (French)