Sénas

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 km^2 (11.82 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,838
• Density	220/km^2 (580/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

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

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sénas, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE