Forcalquier
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | |
| Arrondissement | Forcalquier | |
| Canton | Forcalquier (main town) | |
| Community association | Pays Forcalquier and Montagne de Lure | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 58 ' N , 5 ° 47' E | |
| height | 397-904 m | |
| surface | 42.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,018 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 117 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 04300 | |
| INSEE code | 04088 | |
| Website | www.forcalquier.fr | |
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Forcalquier is a French municipality with 5018 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It is the sub-prefecture of the Arrondissement Forcalquier and the main town (French: bureau centralisateur ) of the canton Forcalquier . Gérard Avril has been mayor since 2017. His predecessor Christophe Castaner had held this position since 2001 and became French Interior Minister in 2018.
geography
Forcalquier is located between the Montagne de Lure and the Luberon . The municipality is part of the Luberon Regional Nature Park .
history
In the Middle Ages Forcalquier was the capital of the county of Forcalquier .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2016 |
| Residents | 2518 | 2979 | 3312 | 3782 | 3993 | 4302 | 4640 | 4966 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Notre Dame de Provence citadel (1875) and its manual carillon
- Notre-Dame du Bourguet cathedral
- St-Jean Church
- Franciscan Convent Les Cordeliers (13th century)
- Visitandines Monastery (17th century)
- municipal museum
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Forcalquier The public space of Forcalquier has been ad-free since 2009.
Town twinning
Forcalquier has partnerships with the northern Italian city of Guastalla and the Spanish city of Alcalà de Xivert .
Personalities
- Honorat de Porchères Laugier (1572–1653), poet and member of the Académie française
- Édouard Thomas Burgues de Missiessy (1756–1837), Admiral
- Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), painter
- Pierre Magnan (1922–2012), writer
- Olivier Baussan (* 1952), founder of the cosmetics group L'Occitane en Provence , lives in Forcalquier
- Christophe Castaner (* 1966), politician ( LREM ), 2001-2017 Mayor of Forcalquier and since 2018 Minister of the Interior of France
- David Ballon (* 1969), comic artist
- Olivier Bauza (* 1970), comic book author
