Fourquevaux

Fourquevaux is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Fourquevaux
Commune
A view within Fourquevaux
Coat of arms
Location of Fourquevaux
Fourquevaux
Fourquevaux
Coordinates: 43°30′27″N 1°37′03″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementToulouse
CantonEscalquens
IntercommunalitySicoval
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Henri Valés
Area
1
10.03 km2 (3.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
771
 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
31192 /31450
Elevation165–256 m (541–840 ft)
(avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 616—    
1800 764+24.0%
1806 637−16.6%
1821 687+7.8%
1831 694+1.0%
1836 795+14.6%
1841 822+3.4%
1846 833+1.3%
1851 865+3.8%
1856 729−15.7%
1861 692−5.1%
1866 622−10.1%
1872 627+0.8%
1876 611−2.6%
1881 594−2.8%
1886 559−5.9%
1891 529−5.4%
YearPop.±%
1896 541+2.3%
1901 522−3.5%
1906 503−3.6%
1911 505+0.4%
1921 444−12.1%
1926 443−0.2%
1931 452+2.0%
1936 448−0.9%
1946 392−12.5%
1954 392+0.0%
1962 345−12.0%
1968 351+1.7%
1975 460+31.1%
1982 557+21.1%
1990 639+14.7%
1999 717+12.2%
2008 771+7.5%

Sights

The Château de Fourquevaux is a 15th- and 16th-century castle. With its 18th-century orangery, it has been listed since 1979 as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Base Mérimée: Château de Fourquevaux, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)


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