Benqué

Part of Benqué-Molère in Occitania, France

43°05′44″N 0°17′01″E / 43.0956°N 0.2836°E / 43.0956; 0.2836CountryFranceRegionOccitaniaDepartmentHautes-PyrénéesArrondissementBagnères-de-BigorreCantonLa Vallée de l'Arros et des BaïsesCommuneBenqué-Molère Area2.05 km² (0.79 sq mi)Population83 • Density40/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation329–494 m (1,079–1,621 ft)
(avg. 488 m or 1,601 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Benqué (French pronunciation: [bɛ̃ke]; Gascon: Benquèr) is a former commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Benqué-Molère.^[2]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	66	—
1968	72	+9.1%
1975	59	−18.1%
1982	59	+0.0%
1990	47	−20.3%
1999	49	+4.3%
2007	58	+18.4%
2009	72	+24.1%

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References