Located 25 minutes from Lille, 20 minutes from Arras and Douai, and 10 minutes from Lens. In the surrounding area, you can visit numerous museums such as the Louvre Lens or the historic mining site of Lewarde. You can also climb to the top of the highest slag heaps in Europe and stroll on foot or by mountain bike on the many marked paths of the Hauts de France chain of parks.
| Municipality | Fouquières-lès-Lens |
|---|---|
| Postcode | 62740 |
| Latitude | 50.4298960 (N 50° 25’ 48”) |
| Longitude | 2.9131820 (E 2° 54’ 47”) |
| Altitude | From 22m to 43m |
| Surface area | 4.14 km² |
| Population | 6368 inhabitants |
| Density | 1538 inhabitants/km² |
| Prefecture | Arras (26 km, 25 min) |
| Insee code | 62351 |
| Intercommunality | CA de Lens - Liévin |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Territory | Flandre-Artois |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Montigny-en-Gohelle | 1.6 km (5 min) |
|---|---|
| Billy-Montigny | 2.3 km (8 min) |
| Noyelles-sous-Lens | 3.4 km (7 min) |
| Harnes | 4.5 km (9 min) |
| Loison-sous-Lens | 4.5 km (10 min) |
| Sallaumines | 4.6 km (9 min) |
| Méricourt | 5.1 km (10 min) |
| Courrières | 5.6 km (8 min) |
| Rouvroy | 5.8 km (10 min) |
| Hénin-Beaumont | 6.1 km (10 min) |
| Annay | 6.9 km (12 min) |
| Drocourt | 7 km (11 min) |
| Bois-Bernard | 7.5 km (12 min) |
| Acheville | 8.1 km (14 min) |
| Last name | Activity type | Rate | City |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Entertainment | 24 € | Lille (25 km) |
 | Entertainment | 29 € | Lille (25 km) |
 | Culture and education | 9 € | Croix (32 km) |
| Last name | Outing type | Difficulty | Duration | Departure municipality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hike | Easy | 20 min | Cambrai (36 km) |
 | Hike | Easy | 4:55 | Grand-Rullecourt (36 km) |
 | Hike | Easy | 4:10 | Berlencourt-le-Cauroy (38 km) |
 | Hike | Easy | 3:15 | Sus-Saint-Léger (40 km) |
 | Hike | Easy | 3:05 | Beaumont-Hamel (41 km) |
