Bouleternère
Appearance
Bouleternère
Bulaternera | |
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![]() The round tower in Bouleternère | |
Coordinates: 42°39′02″N 2°35′14″E / 42.6506°N 2.5872°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | Le Canigou |
Intercommunality | Roussillon Conflent |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Trafi[1] |
Area 1 | 10.63 km2 (4.10 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 955 |
• Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66023 /66130 |
Elevation | 160–612 m (525–2,008 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bouleternère (French pronunciation: [bultɛʁnɛʁ] ; Catalan: Bulaternera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Localisation
Bouleternère is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades.
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Hydrography
Bouleternère is crossed by the Boulès river, a tributary of the Têt.
Government and politics
Mayors
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|
Isidore Pontich | 1790 | 1792 |
Athanase Guiry | 1792 | 1793 |
François Guimbert | 1793 | 1795 |
Sulpice Taix | 1795 | 1799 |
Athanase Guiry | 1799 | June 1815[3] |
Jean Marmer | June 1815[3] | ? |
Athanase Guiry | ? | 1821 |
Joseph Mercure | 1924 | 1924 |
André Paysa | 1924 | 1927 |
François Sabardeil | 1927 | 1941 |
François Baux | 1941 | 1944 |
François Garrigue | 1944 | 1952 |
Jules Gaspard | 1952 | 1983 |
Jean Payrou | 1983 | 2020 |
Pascal Trafi | 2020 | incumbent |
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 885 | — |
1975 | 739 | −2.54% |
1982 | 728 | −0.21% |
1990 | 625 | −1.89% |
1999 | 643 | +0.32% |
2007 | 777 | +2.39% |
2012 | 880 | +2.52% |
2017 | 935 | +1.22% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Sites of interest
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Part of the town's fortifications remain, and two of the four towers and three of the seven city doors are still in place.
The old
presbytery. Both were hit by lightning in June 1891 and suffered a serious fire. They have since been repaired.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Cardenas, Fabricio (9 February 2014). "Bouleternère, le 1er juin 1815". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Cardenas, Fabricio (29 January 2014). "Incendie de l'église de Bouleternère en 1891". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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