Pernes-les-Fontaines

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

Pernes-les-Fontaines Pèrnas dei Fònts (Occitan)
Commune
A view of Pernes-les-Fontaines
Coat of arms
Location of Pernes-les-Fontaines
(2020–2026)		Didier Carle^[1]
Area ¹	51.12 km² (19.74 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	10,636
• Density	210/km² (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84088 /84210
Elevation	36–263 m (118–863 ft) (avg. 82 m or 269 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pernes-les-Fontaines (French pronunciation: [pɛʁn le fɔ̃tɛn]; officially Pernes until 1936; Occitan: Pèrnas dei Fònts or simply Pèrnas) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,560	—
1975	6,088	+1.30%
1982	6,961	+1.93%
1990	8,304	+2.23%
1999	10,170	+2.28%
2009	10,454	+0.28%
2014	9,823	−1.24%
2020	10,294	+0.78%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Its inhabitants are called Pernois and Pernoises in French.

People related to Pernes-les-Fontaines

Esprit Fléchier (1632–1710)
Esprit Antoine Blanchard (1696–1770)
Charles Giraud (1802–1885)
Paul de Vivie (1853–1930)
Daniel Sorano (1920–1962)
Ahmad Jamal (born 1930)
Jean Ragnotti (born 1945)
Richard Descoings (1958–2012)

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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE