Fouquières-lès-Béthune

French commune
name= Fouquières-lès-Béthune
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Béthune-Sud
insee=62350
cp=62232
maire=Jean-Paul Seulin
mandat= 2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Nœux et environs
longitude=2.61166666667
latitude=50.5155555556
alt moy=26 m
alt mini=23 m
alt maxi=49 m
hectares=242
km²=2,42
sans=1133
date-sans=1999
dens=468|

Fouquières-lès-Béthune is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming and light industrial village suburb situated just convert|1|mi|km|1 southwest of Bethune and convert|30|mi|km|1 southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D181, N41 and the N43 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by, just yards from the commune.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Vaast, dating from the 18th century.
* An old manorhouse and an old farmhouse.
* Three 19th century chateaux.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=57502&mode=1 The CWGC communal cemetery extension]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26844&req=Fouquières-lès-Béthune Fouquières-lès-Béthune on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 15th 2008."