Volx

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

Coat of arms

Location of Volx

(2020–2026) Jérôme Dubois^[1]Area

19.52 km² (7.54 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,219 • Density160/km² (430/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

04245 /04130

Elevation307–791 m (1,007–2,595 ft)
(avg. 335 m or 1,099 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Volx (French pronunciation: [vɔlks]; Occitan: Vòus) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	646	—
1800	688	+0.90%
1806	765	+1.78%
1821	921	+1.24%
1831	918	−0.03%
1836	959	+0.88%
1841	950	−0.19%
1846	975	+0.52%
1851	956	−0.39%
1856	946	−0.21%
1861	991	+0.93%
1866	908	−1.73%
1872	905	−0.06%
1876	955	+1.35%
1881	950	−0.10%
1886	888	−1.34%
1891	847	−0.94%
1896	786	−1.48%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	813	+0.68%
1906	893	+1.89%
1911	894	+0.02%
1921	956	+0.67%
1926	903	−1.13%
1931	951	+1.04%
1936	868	−1.81%
1946	1,002	+1.45%
1954	1,059	+0.69%
1962	1,334	+2.93%
1968	1,902	+6.09%
1975	2,026	+0.91%
1982	2,185	+1.09%
1990	2,516	+1.78%
1999	2,690	+0.75%
2007	2,885	+0.88%
2012	3,090	+1.38%
2017	3,171	+0.52%

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "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 Volx, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE