La Roque-sur-Pernes explained

La Roque-sur-Pernes
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr La Roque-sur-Pernes (Vaucluse).svg
Arrondissement:Carpentras
Canton:Pernes-les-Fontaines
Insee:84101
Postal Code:84210
Mayor:Philippe Delebecque[1]
Term:2023 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Ventoux-Comtat Venaissin
Coordinates:43.9797°N 5.1092°W
Elevation M:290
Elevation Min M:142
Elevation Max M:502
Area Km2:11.03

La Roque-sur-Pernes (in French pronounced as /la ʁɔk syʁ pɛʁn/, literally La Roque on Pernes; Occitan: La Ròca de Pèrnas) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2020, it had a population of 417.

History

After the Second World War hundreds of Banat French people from Banat, a region between Romania, Serbia and Hungary, settled in the village.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023. fr.
  2. http://www.dvhh.org/history/1700s/banat-colonization-after-turks.htm#Top The Colonisation of the Banat Following its Occupation - Donauschwaben Villages Helping Hands