Fouquières-lès-Lens

Fouquières-lès-Lens (, literally Fouquières near 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 mi east of Lens, at the junction of the D46 and the A21 autoroute.

Places of interest

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