Fourquevaux

Fourquevaux is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Fourquevaux
Commune
A view within Fourquevaux
Coat of arms
Location of Fourquevaux
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Coordinates: 43°30′27″N 1°37′03″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Escalquens
Intercommunality	Sicoval
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Valés
Area ^1	10.03 km^2 (3.87 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	771
• Density	77/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31192 /31450
Elevation	165–256 m (541–840 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 616 —     1800 764 +24.0% 1806 637 −16.6% 1821 687 +7.8% 1831 694 +1.0% 1836 795 +14.6% 1841 822 +3.4% 1846 833 +1.3% 1851 865 +3.8% 1856 729 −15.7% 1861 692 −5.1% 1866 622 −10.1% 1872 627 +0.8% 1876 611 −2.6% 1881 594 −2.8% 1886 559 −5.9% 1891 529 −5.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 541 +2.3% 1901 522 −3.5% 1906 503 −3.6% 1911 505 +0.4% 1921 444 −12.1% 1926 443 −0.2% 1931 452 +2.0% 1936 448 −0.9% 1946 392 −12.5% 1954 392 +0.0% 1962 345 −12.0% 1968 351 +1.7% 1975 460 +31.1% 1982 557 +21.1% 1990 639 +14.7% 1999 717 +12.2% 2008 771 +7.5%

Sights

The Château de Fourquevaux is a 15th- and 16th-century castle. With its 18th-century orangery, it has been listed since 1979 as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture.[2]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Base Mérimée: Château de Fourquevaux, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)