La Roque-sur-Pernes

La Roque-sur-Pernes
Commune
A view of La Roque-sur-Pernes

Coat of arms
La Roque-sur-Pernes
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
La Roque-sur-Pernes
Coordinates: 43°58′47″N 5°06′33″E / 43.9797°N 5.1092°E / 43.9797; 5.1092Coordinates: 43°58′47″N 5°06′33″E / 43.9797°N 5.1092°E / 43.9797; 5.1092
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Vaucluse
Arrondissement Carpentras
Canton Pernes-les-Fontaines
Intercommunality Ventoux-Comtat Venaissin
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Joseph Bernhardt
Area1 11.03 km2 (4.26 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 430
  Density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 84101 /84210
Elevation 142–502 m (466–1,647 ft)
(avg. 290 m or 950 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.

La Roque-sur-Pernes is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. After the Second World War hundreds of Banat French people from Banat, Romania settled in the village.[1]

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