La Roque-sur-Pernes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
La Roque-sur-Pernes
La Ròca de Pèrnas  (Occitan)
Commune
A view of La Roque-sur-Pernes
A view of La Roque-sur-Pernes
Coat of arms of La Roque-sur-Pernes
Coat of arms
Location of La Roque-sur-Pernes
La Roque-sur-Pernes is located in France
La Roque-sur-Pernes
La Roque-sur-Pernes
Coordinates: 43°58′47″N 5°06′33″E / 43.9797°N 5.1092°E / 43.9797; 5.1092Coordinates: 43°58′47″N 5°06′33″E / 43.9797°N 5.1092°E / 43.9797; 5.1092
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentVaucluse
ArrondissementCarpentras
CantonPernes-les-Fontaines
IntercommunalityVentoux-Comtat Venaissin
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Joseph Bernhardt[1]
Area
1
11.03 km2 (4.26 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
416
 • Density38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
84101 /84210
Elevation142–502 m (466–1,647 ft)
(avg. 290 m or 950 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Roque-sur-Pernes (French pronunciation: ​[la ʁɔk syʁ pɛʁn], literally La Roque on Pernes; Occitan: La Ròca de Pèrnas) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2018, it had a population of 416.

History[]

After the Second World War hundreds of Banat French people from Banat, a region between Romania, Serbia and Hungary, settled in the village.[3]

See also[]

  • Communes of the Vaucluse department

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ The Colonisation of the Banat Following its Occupation - Donauschwaben Villages Helping Hands
Retrieved from ""