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.^[3] Until 1944, it was known simply as Sérignan. 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
Sérignan-du-Comtat Show map of France Sérignan-du-Comtat Show map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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  (2022)[2]	2,896
• Density	150/km2 (380/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.^[4]

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[5]

Points of interest

• Harmas de Fabre
• Musée-Atelier Werner Lichtner-Aix^[6]

Twin Towns

Sérignan-du-Comtat is twinned with:

• Ferentillo, Italy

See also

• Communes of the Vaucluse department