Bolquère

Bolquère

Bolquera
Bolquère Bolquera
Commune
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	Coordinates: 42°30′14″N 2°04′40″E / 42.5039°N 2.0778°ECoordinates: 42°30′14″N 2°04′40″E / 42.5039°N 2.0778°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality	Pyrénées catalanes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jackie Coll
Area 1	17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	813
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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

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

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^[3]	?	June 1815
Jean Inbern^[3]	June 1815	?

Raymond Guinovart	1983	1989

Jean-Pierre Abel	2001	2020
Jackie Coll	2020	incumbent

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	249	—
1975	373	+5.94%
1982	503	+4.36%
1990	617	+2.59%
1999	730	+1.89%
2007	798	+1.12%
2012	781	−0.43%
2017	808	+0.68%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Bolquère, le 24 juin 1815, March 10 2014
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links[]

(in French) City council website

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[2] "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

[vppo-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Bolquère, le 24 juin 1815, March 10 2014

[pophist-4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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