Vernègues

Vernègues (French pronunciation: [vɛʁnɛg]; Occitan: Lo Vernegue) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France.

Vernègues
Commune
Former Saint-Jacques church
Coat of arms
Location of Vernègues
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 (2020–2026)	Anne Reybaud-Decroix
Area 1	15.89 km2 (6.14 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,123
• Density	130/km2 (350/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 11 June 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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 494 —     1800 465 −0.86% 1806 490 +0.88% 1821 506 +0.21% 1831 515 +0.18% 1836 472 −1.73% 1841 478 +0.25% 1846 524 +1.85% 1851 542 +0.68% 1856 525 −0.64% 1861 561 +1.34% 1866 476 −3.23% 1872 455 −0.75% 1876 432 −1.29% 1881 381 −2.48% 1886 336 −2.48% 1891 368 +1.84% 1896 338 −1.69%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 302 −2.23% 1906 298 −0.27% 1911 337 +2.49% 1921 253 −2.83% 1926 235 −1.47% 1931 222 −1.13% 1936 234 +1.06% 1946 219 −0.66% 1954 220 +0.06% 1962 243 +1.25% 1968 259 +1.07% 1975 285 +1.38% 1982 377 +4.08% 1990 687 +7.79% 1999 939 +3.53% 2007 1,344 +4.58% 2012 1,524 +2.55% 2017 1,845 +3.90%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

External links

• Official site of Vernègues - Cazan (in French) (includes history and photos of the ruins)