Bolquère

Bolquère (Catalan: Bolquera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Bolquère

Bolquera
Commune
Bolquère seen from Font-Romeu
Location of Bolquère
Bolquère
Bolquère
Coordinates: 42°30′14″N 2°04′40″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLes Pyrénées catalanes
IntercommunalityPyrénées catalanes
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Jean-Pierre Abel
Area
1
17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
808
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66020 /66210
Elevation1,478–2,099 m (4,849–6,886 ft)
(avg. 1,613 m or 5,292 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Localization

Bolquère is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Bolquère and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

Transportation

Bolquère-Eyne station is the highest railway station on the SNCF network at an elevation of 1593m [the highest SNCF station is the Gare du Lac at 1914m on the stand-alone Train de L' Artouste line]. It serves the Yellow Train exclusively.

Government and politics
Mayors
Mayor Term start Term end
Pierre Patau[2] ? June 1815
Jean Inbern[2] June 1815 ?
Raymond Guinovart 1983 1989
Jean-Pierre Abel 2001

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968249—    
1975373+5.94%
1982503+4.36%
1990617+2.59%
1999730+1.89%
2007798+1.12%
2012781−0.43%
2017808+0.68%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Bolquère, le 24 juin 1815, March 10 2014
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE



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