Oraison

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

Coat of arms

Location of Oraison

(2020–2026) Benoît Gauvan^[1] (LREM)Area

38.42 km² (14.83 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,981 • Density160/km² (400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

04143 /04700

Elevation323–645 m (1,060–2,116 ft)
(avg. 373 m or 1,224 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Oraison (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɛzɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Aureson) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Geography

The river Asse forms all of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Durance, which forms all of its western border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,555	—
1806	1,404	−0.78%
1821	1,471	+0.31%
1831	1,736	+1.67%
1836	1,892	+1.74%
1841	1,855	−0.39%
1846	1,871	+0.17%
1851	1,946	+0.79%
1856	1,998	+0.53%
1861	1,995	−0.03%
1866	2,055	+0.59%
1872	1,962	−0.77%
1876	1,980	+0.23%
1881	1,820	−1.67%
1886	1,780	−0.44%
1891	1,752	−0.32%
1896	1,899	+1.62%
1901	1,944	+0.47%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	2,153	+2.06%
1911	2,044	−1.03%
1921	1,735	−1.63%
1926	1,773	+0.43%
1931	1,936	+1.77%
1936	1,784	−1.62%
1946	1,834	+0.28%
1954	1,982	+0.97%
1962	3,054	+5.55%
1968	2,702	−2.02%
1975	2,667	−0.19%
1982	2,963	+1.51%
1990	3,509	+2.14%
1999	4,114	+1.78%
2007	4,999	+2.47%
2012	5,598	+2.29%
2017	5,882	+0.99%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Oraison, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE