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Fourques is a commune in France, situated within the Gard department and the arrondissement of Nîmes. It lies in the Occitanie region and shares borders with Arles, Beaucaire, Bellegarde, and Saint-Gilles. The municipality is located near the Rhône and Petit-Rhône bodies of water. Its postal code is 30300, and it falls under the canton of Beaucaire for electoral purposes.
The area of Fourques is 38.24 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 15 meters. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 2,941 residents and another citing 2,791. Where specified, the population includes 1,408 males and 1,483 females. The official name of the locality is Fourques.
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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
- Elevation
- 1–15 m (3.3–49.2 ft) , (avg. 3 m or 9.8 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Fourques
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Nîmes
- Population
- 2680
- Area
- 38.24
- Elevation
- 2
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Petit-Rhône
- Shares border with
- Saint-Gilles
- Official website
- villedefourques.fr
- Image
- France Petit Rhone Arles.JPG
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- Commons category
- Fourques (Gard)
- postal code
- 30300
- different from
- Fourques
- associated electoral district
- canton of Beaucaire
- male population
- 1408
- female population
- 1483
- P8168
- Sammy Angott
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-90-93-62-27
- fax number
- +33-4-90-49-73-41
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Encyclopedic overview
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
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