Fouquières-lès-Lens

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°ECoordinates: 50°25′46″N 2°54′49″E / 50.4294°N 2.9136°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Noyelles-sous-Lens
Intercommunality	Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Bouchez
Area^1	4.14 km^2 (1.60 sq mi)
Population (2004)^2	6,939
• Density	1,700/km^2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004
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

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (French)
• Website of Fouquières-lez-Lens (French)
• Fouquières-lès-Lens on the Quid website (French)