La Roque-sur-Pernes (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔk syʁ pɛʁn], literally La Roque on Pernes; Occitan: La Ròca de Pèrnas) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2020, it had a population of 417.
La Roque-sur-Pernes
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Coordinates: 43°58′47″N 5°06′33″E / 43.9797°N 5.1092°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Vaucluse |
Arrondissement | Carpentras |
Canton | Pernes-les-Fontaines |
Intercommunality | CA Ventoux-Comtat Venaissin |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023–2026) | Philippe Delebecque[1] |
Area 1 | 11.03 km2 (4.26 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 427 |
• Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 84101 /84210 |
Elevation | 142–502 m (466–1,647 ft) (avg. 290 m or 950 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
After the Second World War hundreds of Banat French people from Banat, a region between Romania, Serbia and Hungary, settled in the village.[3]