Forcalquier
Country	France
Région	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Département	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Forcalquier
Canton	Forcalquier
INSEE Code	04088
Postal code	04300
Mayor Term of office	Christophe Castaner 2001-2007
Intercommunality
Longitude	05° 46' 50" E
Latitude	43° 57' 36" N
Altitude	average: 550 m minimum: 397 m maximum: 904 m
Area	42.76 km²
Population without double-counting	4,302 (1999)
Population density	100 pers/km²

Forcalquier is a commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département, in France. Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... Capital Marseilles Area 31,400 km² Regional President Michel Vauzelle (PS) (since 1998) Population   - 2004 estimate   - 1999 census   - Density (Ranked 3rd) 4,666,000 4,506,151 149/km² (2004) Arrondissements 18 Cantons 237 Communes 963 Départements Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-Maritimes Bouches-du-Rhône Hautes-Alpes... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Alpes_de_Haute_Provence is a French département in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... The canton is an administrative division of France. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Earth showing lines of longitude, which appear curved and vertical in this projection, but are actually halves of great circles Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Latitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Alpes_de_Haute_Provence is a French département in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ...