Bolquère Bolquera |
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Bolquère seen from Font-Romeu
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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 | 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) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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.
Bolquère is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
Bolquère railway station is the highest SNCF station in France at an elevation of 1593 metres. It serves the Yellow Train exclusively.