Sérignan-du-Comtat

Sérignan-du-Comtat (French pronunciation: [seʁiɲɑ̃ dy kɔ̃ta]; Occitan: Serinhan dau Comtat) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Until 1944, it was known simply as Sérignan.^[3] In 2020, it had a population of 2,856.

Sérignan-du-Comtat Serinhan dau Comtat (Occitan)
Commune
Sérignan-du-Comtat Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Sérignan-du-Comtat
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Coordinates: 44°11′24″N 4°50′39″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Bollène
Intercommunality	CC Aygues Ouvèze en Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Merle[1]
Area 1	19.82 km2 (7.65 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,866
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Demonym	Sérignanais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84127 /84830
Elevation	53–240 m (174–787 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
Website	serignanducomtat.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

On 1 January 2017, together with a number of neighbouring communes, it was transferred from the arrondissement of Avignon to the arrondissement of Carpentras.^[3]

The entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre (1823–1915) died in Sérignan-du-Comtat.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,194	—
1975	1,488	+3.19%
1982	1,975	+4.13%
1990	2,069	+0.58%
1999	2,254	+0.96%
2007	2,414	+0.86%
2012	2,448	+0.28%
2017	2,676	+1.80%
Source: INSEE[4]

Points of interest

• Harmas de Fabre
• Musée-Atelier Werner Lichtner-Aix^[5]

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. (in French) Commune de Sérignan-du-Comtat (84127), INSEE.
4. (in French) Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.
5. (in French) Le Musée Lichtner-Aix, www.serignanducomtat.fr.