Fourques, Pyrénées-Orientales

Fourques (French pronunciation: [fuʁk] (listen); Catalan: Forques) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Fourques
Forques
Commune
The church in Fourques
Coat of arms
Location of Fourques
Fourques
Fourques
Coordinates: 42°34′57″N 2°46′50″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementCéret
CantonLes Aspres
IntercommunalityAspres
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Fabienne Sevilla[1]
Area
1
9.39 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
1,311
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66084 /66300
Elevation99–184 m (325–604 ft)
(avg. 140 m or 460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Fourques is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Fourques and its surrounding communes

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 687—    
1975 642−0.96%
1982 670+0.61%
1990 673+0.06%
1999 761+1.37%
2007 1,003+3.51%
2012 1,169+3.11%
2017 1,280+1.83%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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