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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Bolquère
|native name            = Bolquera
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Bolquere vue1.JPG
|caption                = Bolquère seen from [[Font-Romeu]]
|arrondissement         = Prades
|canton                 = Les Pyrénées catalanes
|INSEE                  = 66020
|postal code            = 66210
|mayor                  = Henri Baudet<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2022&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = Pyrénées catalanes
|coordinates            = {{coord|42.5039|2.0778|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 1613
|elevation min m        = 1478
|elevation max m        = 2099
|area km2               = 17.61
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Bolquère''' ({{IPA|fr|bɔlkɛʁ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-Bolquère.wav}}; {{langx|ca|Bolquera}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Pyrénées-Orientales]] [[Departments of France|department]] in southern [[France]].
== Geography ==
=== Localization ===
Bolquère is located in the [[canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes]] and in the [[arrondissement of Prades]].
[[File:Map commune FR insee code 66020.png|thumb|center|300px|Map of Bolquère and its surrounding communes]]
{{Adjacent communities|width=auto
| CENTER=Bolquère
| NORTHWEST=[[Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes]]
| NORTH=[[Les Angles, Pyrénées-Orientales|Les Angles]] (on 50 meters)
| NORTHEAST=[[La Llagonne]]
| WEST=
| EAST=
| SOUTHWEST=[[Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via]]
| SOUTH=[[Eyne]]
| SOUTHEAST=[[La Cabanasse]]
}}
=== Transportation ===
[[Bolquère-Eyne station]] is the highest railway station on the SNCF network at an elevation of 1593m [the highest SNCF station is the Gare du Lac at 1914m on the stand-alone Train de L' Artouste line]. It serves the [[Yellow Train]] exclusively.
== Government and politics ==
;Mayors
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Mayor
! Term start
! Term end
|-
|
| align=center|
| align=center|
|-
|Pierre Patau<ref name=vppo>{{in lang|fr}} Fabricio Cardenas, [http://vieuxpapierspo.blogspot.fr/2014/03/bolquere-le-24-juin-1815.html Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, ''Bolquère, le 24 juin 1815'', March 10 2014]</ref>
| align=center|?
| align=center|June 1815
|-
|Jean Inbern<ref name=vppo/>
| align=center|June 1815
| align=center|?
|-
|
| align=center|
| align=center|
|-
|Raymond Guinovart
| align=center|1983
| align=center|1989
|-
|
| align=center|
| align=center|
|-
|Jean-Pierre Abel
| align=center|2001
| align=center|2020
|-
|Jackie Coll
| align=center|2020
| align=center|incumbent
|}
==Population==
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols =
| percentages = pagr
| source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-66020#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = right
| 1968|249
| 1975|373
| 1982|503
| 1990|617
| 1999|730
| 2007|798
| 2012|781
| 2017|808
}}
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Bolquère}}
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.mairiedebolquere.com City council website]
{{Pyrénées-Orientales communes}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bolquere}}
[[Category:Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales]]
{{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub}}