Fourqueux | |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Fourqueux (Yvelines).svg |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
Canton: | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
Insee: | 78251 |
Postal Code: | 78112 |
Commune: | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
Coordinates: | 48.8875°N 2.0661°W |
Elevation M: | 120 |
Elevation Min M: | 67 |
Elevation Max M: | 176 |
Area Km2: | 3.67 |
Population: | 3685 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Fourqueux (pronounced as /fr/) is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Saint-Germain-en-Laye.[2] It is a small suburb 20 km west of Paris.
It is known for having a diverse community, due to the Lycée International being located in the neighboring town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Fourqueux has received prizes for its flowers on the departmental and regional level every year since 2005.[3]
Fourqueux's population as of 2013 was 4,035 people composing 1,652 households. The average yearly income per household in 2009 was 72,741 euros, over twice the average of the Yvelines department as a whole.[4]