Villeneuve, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Villeneuve
Commune
The church and surrounding buildings in Villeneuve
Coat of arms
Location of Villeneuve
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Coordinates: 43°53′42″N 5°51′49″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Forcalquier
Canton	Oraison
Intercommunality	Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Faudrin[1]
Area ^1	25.55 km^2 (9.86 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,386
• Density	170/km^2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04242 /04180
Elevation	313–600 m (1,027–1,969 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villeneuve (French pronunciation: [vilnœv] ^ⓘ; Provençal: Vilanòva) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Villeneuve is located in Durance valley. This village, like many other villages in Provence, is built on the top of a hill to keep it protected from invaders. Villeneuve in French mean "New town" but was constructed in Middle Ages, originally further in the forest on the top of a high cliff. Only the little chapel remains on the rock to show where the original village was located.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 647 —     1800 720 +1.54% 1806 696 −0.56% 1821 806 +0.98% 1831 872 +0.79% 1836 846 −0.60% 1841 776 −1.71% 1846 783 +0.18% 1851 793 +0.25% 1856 778 −0.38% 1861 785 +0.18% 1866 731 −1.42% 1872 798 +1.47% 1876 745 −1.70% 1881 681 −1.78% 1886 600 −2.50% 1891 576 −0.81% 1896 577 +0.03%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 566 −0.38% 1906 1,143 +15.09% 1911 605 −11.95% 1921 591 −0.23% 1926 537 −1.90% 1931 496 −1.58% 1936 575 +3.00% 1946 586 +0.19% 1954 575 −0.24% 1962 639 +1.33% 1968 861 +5.10% 1975 1,144 +4.14% 1982 1,730 +6.09% 1990 2,516 +4.79% 1999 2,964 +1.84% 2007 3,448 +1.91% 2012 3,713 +1.49% 2017 4,196 +2.48%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Coteaux de Pierrevert AOC
• Luberon

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villeneuve, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE