Fourques, Gard

Fourques
Pont de Fourques: suspension bridge over the Petit Rhône
Pont de Fourques: suspension bridge over the Petit Rhône
Coat of arms of Fourques
Location of Fourques
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Fourques is located in France
Fourques
Fourques
Fourques is located in Occitanie
Fourques
Fourques
Coordinates: 43°41′38″N 4°36′40″E / 43.6939°N 4.6111°E / 43.6939; 4.6111
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentGard
ArrondissementNîmes
CantonBeaucaire
IntercommunalityBeaucaire-Terre d'Argence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gilles Dumas[1]
Area
1
38.24 km2 (14.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,719
 • Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
30117 /30300
Elevation1–15 m (3.3–49.2 ft)
(avg. 3 m or 9.8 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.