Le Vernet | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Pamiers |
Canton: | Portes d'Ariège |
Insee: | 09331 |
Postal Code: | 09700 |
Mayor: | Denis Lafon[1] |
Term: | 2023 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 43.1861°N 1.6031°W |
Elevation M: | 261 |
Elevation Min M: | 235 |
Elevation Max M: | 376 |
Area Km2: | 5.59 |
Le Vernet (in French pronounced as /lə vɛʁnɛ/; Languedocien: Lo Vernet) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Inhabitants of Le Vernet are called Vernétois in French.
It was the site of Camp Vernet, a concentration camp built in 1918. During World War II it was used by the Vichy authorities to intern "undesirable aliens", primarily European refugees, including Jews, and as a transit camp for detained Jews who were to be deported to Nazi labor and extermination camps.
Le Vernet-d'Ariège station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol.