Fouquières-lès-Lens (, literally ''Fouquières
near
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People
* Thomas J. Near, US evolutionary ichthyologist
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Science, mathematics, technology, biology, and medicine
* National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR), a form ...
Lens
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'') is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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in the
Pas-de-Calais department in the
Hauts-de-France region of
France
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Geography
An ex-coalmining
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town situated some east of Lens
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, at the junction of the D46 and the A21 autoroute
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Junctions
Completed
In construction
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.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War
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.
* The war memorial.
See also
* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
External links
Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Website of Fouquières-lez-Lens
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Artois
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