Bolquère
Bolquera | |
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Coordinates: 42°30′14″N 2°04′40″E / 42.5039°N 2.0778°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
Intercommunality | Pyrénées catalanes |
Government | |
• Mayor (2022–2026) | Henri Baudet [1] |
Area 1 | 17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 808 |
• 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 (French pronunciation: [bɔlkɛʁ] ; Catalan: Bolquera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Bolquère is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
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.
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Pierre Patau [3] | ? | June 1815 |
Jean Inbern [3] | June 1815 | ? |
Raymond Guinovart | 1983 | 1989 |
Jean-Pierre Abel | 2001 | 2020 |
Jackie Coll | 2020 | incumbent |
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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] |