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°ECoordinates: 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 (Jan. 2019)[2] | 2,438 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/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
The settlement is attested as Morenatus in 822, Murenatis in 837 and Mornatz ca. 1178.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- ^ Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France. Librairie Droz. p. 83. ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
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