Fourques, Pyrénées-Orientales

Fourques (French pronunciation: [fuʁk] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Forques) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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Commune
The church in Fourques
Coat of arms
Location of Fourques
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Coordinates: 42°34′57″N 2°46′50″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Les Aspres
Intercommunality	Aspres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabienne Sevilla[1]
Area 1	9.39 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,333
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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.

Geography

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

Map of Fourques and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	687	—
1975	642	−0.96%
1982	670	+0.61%
1990	673	+0.06%
1999	761	+1.37%
2007	1,003	+3.51%
2012	1,169	+3.11%
2017	1,280	+1.83%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department