Bolquère

Bolquère
Bolquera

Bolquère seen from Font-Romeu
Bolquère

Coordinates: 42°30′14″N 2°04′40″E / 42.5039°N 2.0778°E / 42.5039; 2.0778Coordinates: 42°30′14″N 2°04′40″E / 42.5039°N 2.0778°E / 42.5039; 2.0778
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Mont-Louis
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Capcir Haut-Conflent
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Jean-Pierre Abel
Area1 17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 781
  Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 66020 / 66210
Elevation 1,478–2,099 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

Localization

Bolquère is located in the canton of Mont-Louis and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Bolquère and its surrounding communes

Transportation

Bolquère railway station is the highest SNCF station in France at an elevation of 1593 metres. It serves the Yellow Train exclusively.

Government and politics

Mayors
Mayor Term start Term end
Pierre Patau[1] ? june 1815
Jean Inbern[1] june 1815 ?
Raymond Guinovart 1983 1989
Jean-Pierre Abel 2001

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962215    
1968249+15.8%
1975373+49.8%
1982503+34.9%
1990617+22.7%
1999730+18.3%
2007798+9.3%
2009779 2013    
210     

See also

References

External links

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