Fochville is a farming and mining town located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is part of the Merafong City Local Municipality, which also includes Kokosi, Carletonville and Khutsong.
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The area surrounding Fochville contains Sotho or Tswana ruins. Tlokwe Ruins are the remains of Sotho-Tswana settlements on the hills surrounding Fochville that were inhabited until the 1820s. Boer War hero Danie Theron was killed 5 km north of the town. The town itself was established as an agricultural centre in 1920 (the ground was officially broken by Henning Rautenbach) and was named after the World War I commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France, Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch.
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Towns around Fochville
- Carletonville17 km NW
- Westonaria24 km NE
- Evaton36 km E
- Randfontein40 km NE
- Vanderbijlpark42 km SE
- Soweto44 km NE
- Parys46 km S
- Potchefstroom47 km SW
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