Fourqueux
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Fourqueux
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Fourqueux (Yvelines).svg
|image = Fourqueux Église1.JPG
|caption = The church in Fourqueux
|arrondissement = Saint-Germain-en-Laye
|canton = Saint-Germain-en-Laye
|INSEE = 78251
|postal code = 78112
|commune = Saint-Germain-en-Laye
|coordinates = {{coord|48.8875|2.0661|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 120
|elevation min m = 67
|elevation max m = 176
|area km2 = 3.67
|population = 4019
|population date = 2022
|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}
}}
Fourqueux ({{IPA|fr|fuʁkø|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Exilexi-Fourqueux.wav}}) is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Saint-Germain-en-Laye.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/12/19/TERB1905205A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 19 December 2018 {{in lang|fr}} It is a small suburb 20 km west of Paris.
It is known for having a diverse community, due to the Lycée International being located in the neighboring town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Fourqueux has received prizes for its flowers on the departmental and regional level every year since 2005.http://www.ville-fourqueux.fr/images/stories/A%20PROPOS%2012P%20FOURQUEUX%20N%20247Section%2012013-01-18.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Population
Fourqueux's population as of 2013 was 4,035 people composing 1,652 households. The average yearly income per household in 2009 was 72,741 euros, over twice the average of the Yvelines department as a whole.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ville-fourqueux.fr/Le-Village/Presentation/Statistiques-INSEE |title=Statistiques INSEE - Présentation - le Village - Ville Fourqueux |access-date=2014-01-08 |archive-date=2014-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108144852/http://www.ville-fourqueux.fr/Le-Village/Presentation/Statistiques-INSEE |url-status=dead }}
{{Historical populations
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| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|14527|Fourqueux}} and INSEE (2007-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2123878?geo=COM-78251 Populations légales 2012], INSEE
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |462
|1800 |416
|1806 |431
|1821 |367
|1831 |352
|1836 |329
|1841 |337
|1846 |320
|1851 |349
|1856 |336
|1861 |336
|1866 |360
|1872 |359
|1876 |338
|1881 |350
|1886 |343
|1891 |368
|1896 |365
|1901 |351
|1906 |369
|1911 |350
|1921 |345
|1926 |490
|1931 |653
|1936 |672
|1946 |603
|1954 |782
|1962 |840
|1968 |966
|1975 |2029
|1982 |2307
|1990 |4053
|1999 |4161
|2007 |4173
|2012 |4055
|2022 |4019
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.ville-fourqueux.fr/ Town council website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906003125/http://www.ville-fourqueux.fr/ |date=2019-09-06 }} (in French)
{{Commons category|Fourqueux}}
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Category:Former communes of Yvelines
Category:Populated places disestablished in 2019
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