Bolquère (; ) is a
commune in the
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ; ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a departments of France, department of the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spain, Spanish ...
department in southern
France
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.
Geography
Localization
Bolquère is located in the
canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes
The canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes is an administrative division of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in Southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Prades.
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and in the
arrondissement of Prades
The arrondissement of Prades is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department (Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 123 communes. Its population is 60,536 (2021), and its area is .
Composition
The communes ...
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Transportation
Bolquère-Eyne station is the highest railway station on the SNCF network at an elevation of 1593m
he highest SNCF station is the Gare du Lac at 1914m on the stand-alone Train de L' Artouste line It serves the
Yellow Train
The ''Ligne de Cerdagne'' (), usually referred to as ''Le Petit Train Jaune'' (, ), is a track gauge, gauge Narrow gauge railway, railway that runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent to Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg in the France, French Pyrenees.
Histor ...
exclusively.
Government and politics
;Mayors
Population
See also
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Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
The Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department is composed of 226 communes of France, communes.
Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed a part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan lan ...
References
External links
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City council website
Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
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