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Fouquières lès Béthune

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Nœux et environs

Area
  
242 ha

Arrondissement
  
Béthune

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Béthune-Sud

Population (1999)
  
1,133

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:40 PM

Fouquières-lès-Béthune

Weather
  
17°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 58% Humidity

Fouquières-lès-Béthune is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Geography

A farming and light industrial village suburb situated just 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D181, N41 and the N43 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by, just yards from the commune.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Vaast, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • An old manorhouse and an old farmhouse.
  • Three nineteenth century chateaux.
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

    • References

    Fouquières-lès-Béthune Wikipedia
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