Fourques

Fourques is a village in , , and has about 2,720 residents. Fourques is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Sixte et Saint-Martin de Fourques and Archaeological site of the Trinquetaille glassware.

Church
Photo: Finoskov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Archaeological site
Photo: GALATRY, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The in has been acquired by the town council of in 1978. It has been subject to archaeological excavations in the 1980s, and later since 2013, led by the Archaeology services of the Musée…

Photo: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arles and Barriol.

Photo: Ddeveze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the Provence in the southeast of . Remote, uneventful, but definitely no waste of time, is absolutely steeped in Provençal culture, and features a collection of Roman archaeological sites.

Quarter
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is a quarter, which is situated 2½ km south of Fourques.

Neighborhood
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is an arts center in Arles, France created by the LUMA Foundation headed by Swiss arts patron Maja Hoffmann. It encompasses several renovated former railroad factories and the , a 15,000 square meter tower building designed by the Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry for the LUMA Foundation. is situated 3 km southeast of Fourques.

Fourques

Latitude
43.69291° or 43° 41′ 35″ north
Longitude
4.60931° or 4° 36′ 34″ east
Population
2,720
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8FM6MJV5+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1519355907
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3017477
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In Other Languages

“Fourques” goes by many names.
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Forca”

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Localities in the Area

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