Bouleternère

Bouleternère Bulaternera
Commune
The round tower in Bouleternère
Coat of arms
Location of Bouleternère
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Coordinates: 42°39′02″N 2°35′14″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Le Canigou
Intercommunality	Roussillon Conflent
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Trafi[1]
Area ^1	10.63 km^2 (4.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	955
• Density	90/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bouleternère (French pronunciation: [bultɛʁnɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Bulaternera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Bouleternère is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Bouleternère and its surrounding 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[3]
Jean Marmer	June 1815[3]	?
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	2020
Pascal Trafi	2020	incumbent

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	885	—
1975	739	−2.54%
1982	728	−0.21%
1990	625	−1.89%
1999	643	+0.32%
2007	777	+2.39%
2012	880	+2.52%
2017	935	+1.22%
Source: INSEE[4]

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.[5]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
• Saint-Nazaire de Barbadell church

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Cardenas, Fabricio (9 February 2014). "Bouleternère, le 1er juin 1815". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. Cardenas, Fabricio (29 January 2014). "Incendie de l'église de Bouleternère en 1891". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2016.