Pernes-les-Fontaines

Pernes-les-Fontaines (French pronunciation: [pɛʁn le fɔ̃tɛn]; officially Pernes until 1936; Occitan: Pèrnas dei Fònts or simply Pèrnas) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse.

Pernes-les-Fontaines Pèrnas dei Fònts (Occitan)
Commune
A view of Pernes-les-Fontaines
Coat of arms
Location of Pernes-les-Fontaines
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Coordinates: 43°59′55″N 5°03′35″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Pernes-les-Fontaines
Intercommunality	CA Sorgues du Comtat
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Carle[1]
Area 1	51.12 km2 (19.74 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	10,636
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84088 /84210
Elevation	36–263 m (118–863 ft) (avg. 82 m or 269 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,560	—
1975	6,088	+1.30%
1982	6,961	+1.93%
1990	8,304	+2.23%
1999	10,170	+2.28%
2009	10,454	+0.28%
2014	9,823	−1.24%
2020	10,294	+0.78%
Source: INSEE[3]

Its inhabitants are called Pernois and Pernoises in French.

People related to Pernes-les-Fontaines

• Esprit Fléchier (1632–1710)
• Esprit Antoine Blanchard (1696–1770)
• Charles Giraud (1802–1885)
• Paul de Vivie (1853–1930)
• Daniel Sorano (1920–1962)
• Ahmad Jamal (born 1930)
• Jean Ragnotti (born 1945)
• Richard Descoings (1958–2012)

See also

• Communes of the Vaucluse department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE