Fourques, Pyrénées-Orientales

Fourques
Forques
Commune
The church in Fourques

Coat of arms
Fourques
Location within Occitanie region
Fourques
Coordinates: 42°34′57″N 2°46′50″E / 42.5825°N 2.7806°E / 42.5825; 2.7806Coordinates: 42°34′57″N 2°46′50″E / 42.5825°N 2.7806°E / 42.5825; 2.7806
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Céret
Canton Les Aspres
Intercommunality Aspres
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Maurice Peytavi
Area1 9.39 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
Population (2004)2 913
  Density 97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 66084 /66300
Elevation 99–184 m (325–604 ft)
(avg. 140 m or 460 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.

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

Geography

Fourques is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Fourques and its surrounding communes

Population

Population 1962-2008

See also

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