Mornas

Mornas
Mornas
Commune
	Mornas and its fort
	Coat of arms
	Location of Mornas
	Mornas Mornas
	Coordinates: 44°12′34″N 4°43′37″E / 44.2095°N 4.7269°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Bollène
Intercommunality	Rhône-Lez-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Katy Ricard
Area 1	26.09 km2 (10.07 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,492
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84083 /84550
Elevation	31–234 m (102–768 ft) ; (avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mornas (French pronunciation: [mɔʁnas]; Occitan: Mornats) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Name

The settlement is attested as Morenatus in 822, Murenatis in 837 and Mornatz ca. 1178.^[3]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France. Librairie Droz. p. 83. ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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