Vernègues
Vernègues is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France.
Vernègues | |
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 Former Saint-Jacques church | |
.svg.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Vernègues 
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  Vernègues  Vernègues | |
| Coordinates: 43°41′10″N 5°10′19″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence |
| Canton | Pélissanne |
| Intercommunality | Aix-Marseille-Provence |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Patrick Apparicio |
| Area 1 | 15.89 km2 (6.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 1,845 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13115 /13116 |
| Elevation | 163–395 m (535–1,296 ft) (avg. 352 m or 1,155 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The commune is made up of two villages: Vernègues and Cazan.
On June 11, 1909, an earthquake killed two villagers and destroyed the castle in Vernègues and most of the houses. The village was later rebuilt at a lower altitude.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 494 | — |
| 1800 | 465 | −5.9% |
| 1806 | 490 | +5.4% |
| 1821 | 506 | +3.3% |
| 1831 | 515 | +1.8% |
| 1836 | 472 | −8.3% |
| 1841 | 478 | +1.3% |
| 1846 | 524 | +9.6% |
| 1851 | 542 | +3.4% |
| 1856 | 525 | −3.1% |
| 1861 | 561 | +6.9% |
| 1866 | 476 | −15.2% |
| 1872 | 455 | −4.4% |
| 1876 | 432 | −5.1% |
| 1881 | 381 | −11.8% |
| 1886 | 336 | −11.8% |
| 1891 | 368 | +9.5% |
| 1896 | 338 | −8.2% |
| 1901 | 302 | −10.7% |
| 1906 | 298 | −1.3% |
| 1911 | 337 | +13.1% |
| 1921 | 253 | −24.9% |
| 1926 | 235 | −7.1% |
| 1931 | 222 | −5.5% |
| 1936 | 234 | +5.4% |
| 1946 | 219 | −6.4% |
| 1954 | 220 | +0.5% |
| 1962 | 243 | +10.5% |
| 1968 | 259 | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 285 | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 377 | +32.3% |
| 1990 | 687 | +82.2% |
| 1999 | 939 | +36.7% |
| 2008 | 1,365 | +45.4% |
Climate
The table below shows the temperature and precipitation for the period 1971-2000:
| Month | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | year |
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| Maximum temperatures(°F) | 51.6 | 54.1 | 59.5 | 63.5 | 71.6 | 78.4 | 84.9 | 84.2 | 77 | 66.2 | 57.6 | 52.9 | 66.9 |
| Average temperatures (°F) | 42 | 44 | 49.5 | 53.6 | 42 | 67.6 | 73.2 | 72.9 | 66.6 | 58.5 | 9,6 | 49.3 | 57 |
| Minimum temperatures (°F) | 34.2 | 35.6 | 39.2 | 43.5 | 50.2 | 56.7 | 61.5 | 61.3 | 55.9 | 49.1 | 40.8 | 36.3 | 47.1 |
| Precipitation (height in inches) | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.858 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 24.543 |
| Source: Météo France / Station de Salon-de-Provence | |||||||||||||
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References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
External links
- Official site of Vernègues - Cazan (in French) (includes history and photos of the ruins)
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