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Place details
- Locality
- Fourques
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,791
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitania
- Department
- Gard
- Arrondissement
- Nîmes
- Canton
- Beaucaire
- Intercommunality
- Beaucaire-Terre d'Argence
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Gilles Dumas
- Area
- 38.24 km (14.76 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,680
- Density
- 70.1/km (182/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 30117 /30300
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Fourques
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Nîmes
- Population
- +2680
- Area
- +38.24
- Elevation
- +2
- Body of water
- Petit-Rhône
- Shares border with
- Saint-Gilles
- Official website
- villedefourques.fr
- Image
- France Petit Rhone Arles.JPG
Article
Fourques ( French pronunciation: [fuʁk] ; Occitan: Forcas) is a commune and a village in the southeastern corner of the Gard department in southern France, some 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Arles. The village is located at the confluence of the Rhone and the Little Rhone and sprang up adjoining a bridge across the latter built by the Romans. A historic suspension bridge was constructed across the Little Rhone early in the nineteenth century.
Geography