Sénas

Sénas (French pronunciation: [senas]; Occitan: Senàs) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Sénas is located on the departmental border with Vaucluse, which follows the river Durance.

Sénas Senàs (Occitan)
Commune
The church in Sénas
Coat of arms
Location of Sénas
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Coordinates: 43°44′43″N 5°04′45″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Aix-en-Provence
Canton	Salon-de-Provence-1
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Ginoux[1]
Area 1	30.61 km2 (11.82 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	6,829
• Density	223.1/km2 (577.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13105 /13560
Elevation	85–273 m (279–896 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Demographics

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,350 —     1800 1,015 −3.99% 1806 1,240 +3.39% 1821 1,441 +1.01% 1831 1,491 +0.34% 1836 1,691 +2.55% 1841 1,862 +1.95% 1846 1,873 +0.12% 1851 2,020 +1.52% 1856 2,020 +0.00% 1861 2,080 +0.59% 1866 1,972 −1.06% 1872 1,987 +0.13% 1876 1,914 −0.93% 1881 1,845 −0.73% 1886 1,859 +0.15% 1891 1,800 −0.64% 1896 1,886 +0.94%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,055 +1.73% 1906 1,924 −1.31% 1911 1,877 −0.49% 1921 1,855 −0.12% 1926 2,027 +1.79% 1931 2,177 +1.44% 1936 2,262 +0.77% 1946 2,281 +0.08% 1954 2,575 +1.53% 1962 2,917 +1.57% 1968 3,008 +0.51% 1975 3,265 +1.18% 1982 3,906 +2.59% 1990 5,113 +3.42% 1999 5,618 +1.05% 2009 6,405 +1.32% 2014 7,006 +1.81% 2020 6,878 −0.31%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2020)[4]

See also

• Alpilles
• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department