Fourques-sur-Garonne
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Fourques-sur-Garonne Forcas de Garona |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Lot-et-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Marmande | |
| Canton | Marmande-2 | |
| Community association | Val de Garonne agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 27 ' N , 0 ° 10' E | |
| height | 18-77 m | |
| surface | 13.96 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,318 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 94 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 47200 | |
| INSEE code | 47101 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Fourques-sur-Garonne |
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Fourques-sur-Garonne ( Gascon : Forcas de Garona ) is a French municipality with 1318 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Marmande and the canton Marmande-2 (until 2015: canton Le Mas-d'Agenais ). The inhabitants are called Fourquais .
geography
Fourques-sur-Garonne is located about 72 kilometers southeast of Bordeaux on the Garonne . Fourques-sur-Garonne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Marmande in the north and north-west, Saint-Pardoux-du-Breuil in the north-east, Taillebourg in the east, Caumont-sur-Garonne in the south-west, Sainte-Marthe in the south, Samazan in the west and south-west as well Montpouillan to the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 819 | 868 | 1,029 | 1,111 | 1,150 | 1,179 | 1,213 | 1,283 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame Church, built between 1847 and 1850
