Bouleternère

Bouleternère Bulaternera
The round tower in Bouleternère
Coat of arms
Bouleternère
Location within Occitanie region  Bouleternère
Coordinates: 42°39′02″N 2°35′14″E / 42.6506°N 2.5872°ECoordinates: 42°39′02″N 2°35′14″E / 42.6506°N 2.5872°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Vinça
Intercommunality	Roussillon Conflent
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean Payrou
Area^1	10.63 km^2 (4.10 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	880
• Density	83/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bouleternère (Catalan: Bulaternera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Bouleternère is located in the canton of Vinça and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Bouleternère and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

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[1]
Jean Marmer	June 1815[1]	?
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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	818	—
1968	885	+8.2%
1975	739	−16.5%
1982	728	−1.5%
1990	625	−14.1%
1999	643	+2.9%
2007	777	+20.8%
2009	817	+5.1%

Sites of interest

Saint-Sulpitius church

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 Saint-Sulpitius church was built in the 11th century on the remains of an older church from the 9th century. A new Saint-Sulpitius church was built next to it and finished in 1659, while the old church became the presbytery. Both were hit by lightning in June 1891 and suffered a serious fire. They have since been repaired.^[2]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

• INSEE

1. Cardenas, Fabricio (9 February 2014). "Bouleternère, le 1er juin 1815". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
2. Cardenas, Fabricio (29 January 2014). "Incendie de l'église de Bouleternère en 1891". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2016.