Fouquières-lès-Lens

Fouquières-lès-Lens
Fouquières-lès-Lens
	Commune
	The church of Fouquières-lès-Lens
	Coat of arms
	Location of Fouquières-lès-Lens
	Fouquières-lès-Lens Fouquières-lès-Lens
	Coordinates: 50°25′46″N 2°54′49″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Harnes
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Bouchez
Area 1	4.14 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	6,362
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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.

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.

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.

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

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