Le Vernet, Ariège

Le Vernet

Memorial for the Le Vernet Internment Camp
Le Vernet

Coordinates: 43°11′10″N 1°36′11″E / 43.1861°N 1.6031°E / 43.1861; 1.6031Coordinates: 43°11′10″N 1°36′11″E / 43.1861°N 1.6031°E / 43.1861; 1.6031
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Pamiers
Canton Saverdun
Intercommunality Pays de Pamiers
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Michel Grasa
Area1 5.59 km2 (2.16 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 632
  Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 09331 / 09700
Elevation 235–376 m (771–1,234 ft)
(avg. 261 m or 856 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Vernet is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Le Vernet are called Vernétois.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962323    
1968382+18.3%
1975417+9.2%
1982464+11.3%
1990508+9.5%
1999536+5.5%
2008632+17.9%

History

It was the site of Camp Vernet, a concentration camp built in 1918. During World War II it was used by the Vichy authorities to intern "undesirable aliens", primarily European refugees, including Jews, and as a transit camp for detained Jews who were to be deported to Nazi labor and extermination camps.

Transport

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