Bolquère

Coordinates: 42°30′14″N 2°04′40″E / 42.5039°N 2.0778°E / 42.5039; 2.0778
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Bolquère
Bolquera
Bolquère seen from Font-Romeu
Bolquère seen from Font-Romeu
Location of Bolquère
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Bolquère is located in France
Bolquère
Bolquère
Bolquère is located in Occitanie
Bolquère
Bolquère
Coordinates: 42°30′14″N 2°04′40″E / 42.5039°N 2.0778°E / 42.5039; 2.0778
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLes Pyrénées catalanes
IntercommunalityPyrénées catalanes
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026) Henri Baudet[1]
Area
1
17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
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.

Bolquère (French pronunciation: [bɔlkɛʁ] ; Catalan: Bolquera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography[edit]

Localization[edit]

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

Map of Bolquère and its surrounding communes

Transportation[edit]

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[edit]

Mayors
Mayor Term start Term end
Pierre Patau[3] ? June 1815
Jean Inbern[3] June 1815 ?
Raymond Guinovart 1983 1989
Jean-Pierre Abel 2001 2020
Jackie Coll 2020 incumbent

Population[edit]

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[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Bolquère, le 24 juin 1815, March 10 2014
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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