Vernègues

Vernègues
Former Saint-Jacques church Former Saint-Jacques church
Coat of arms of Vernègues Coat of arms
Vernègues
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Vernègues
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Eyguières
Intercommunality	Salon-Étang de Berre-Durance
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Apparicio
Area1	15.89 km2 (6.14 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	1,524
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Vernègues is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France.

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
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
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

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

• INSEE

External links

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