Mornas
Mornas | |
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 Mornas and its fort | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mornas  | |
  Mornas  Mornas | |
| Coordinates: 44°12′34″N 4°43′37″E / 44.2095°N 4.7269°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Vaucluse |
| Arrondissement | Carpentras |
| Canton | Bollène |
| Intercommunality | Rhône-Lez-Provence |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Katy Ricard[1] |
| Area 1 | 26.09 km2 (10.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,492 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 84083 /84550 |
| Elevation | 31–234 m (102–768 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Mornas (French pronunciation: [mɔʁnas]; Occitan: Mornats) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Name
[edit]The settlement is attested as Morenatus in 822, Murenatis in 837 and Mornatz ca. 1178.[3]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,103 | — |
| 1975 | 1,189 | +1.08% |
| 1982 | 1,737 | +5.56% |
| 1990 | 2,087 | +2.32% |
| 1999 | 2,209 | +0.63% |
| 2007 | 2,248 | +0.22% |
| 2012 | 2,334 | +0.75% |
| 2017 | 2,407 | +0.62% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France. Librairie Droz. p. 83. ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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