- Fouquereuil
French commune
name= Fouquereuil
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Béthune-Sud
insee=62349
cp=62232
maire=Gérard Ogiez
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Nœux et environs
longitude=2.60194444444
latitude=50.5197222222
alt moy=28 m
alt mini=24 m
alt maxi=53 m
hectares=201
km²=2,01
sans=1023
date-sans=1999
dens=508|Fouquereuil is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village suburb situated just convert|1|mi|km|1 southwest of
Bethune and convert|30|mi|km|1 southwest ofLille , at the junction of the D181 and the D181E roads. TheA26 autoroute passes by, just yards from the commune.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Nicolas, dating from the
19th century .
* An old mill.
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=56201&mode=1 Sandpits CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26843&req=Fouquereuil Fouquereuil on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 14th 2008."
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