Mornas

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of Mornas

(2020–2026) Katy Ricard^[1]Area

26.09 km² (10.07 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,492 • Density96/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

84083 /84550

Elevation31–234 m (102–768 ft)
(avg. 38 m or 125 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mornas (French pronunciation: [mɔʁnas]; Occitan: Mornats) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Name

The settlement is attested as Morenatus in 822, Murenatis in 837 and Mornatz ca. 1178.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,103	—
1975	1,189	+1.08%
1982	1,737	+5.56%
1990	2,087	+2.32%
1999	2,209	+0.63%
2007	2,248	+0.22%
2012	2,334	+0.75%
2017	2,407	+0.62%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France. Librairie Droz. p. 83. ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE