Sérignan-du-Comtat explained

Sérignan-du-Comtat
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Sérignan-du-Comtat (Vaucluse).svg
Arrondissement:Carpentras
Canton:Bollène
Insee:84127
Postal Code:84830
Demonym:Sérignanais
Mayor:Julien Merle[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC Aygues Ouvèze en Provence
Coordinates:44.19°N 4.8442°W
Elevation M:80
Elevation Min M:53
Elevation Max M:240
Area Km2:19.82

Sérignan-du-Comtat (in French pronounced as /seʁiɲɑ̃ dy kɔ̃ta/; Occitan (post 1500);: Serinhan dau Comtat) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Until 1944, it was known simply as Sérignan.[2] In 2020, it had a population of 2,856.

On 1 January 2017, together with a number of neighbouring communes, it was transferred from the arrondissement of Avignon to the arrondissement of Carpentras.[2]

The entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre (1823–1915) died in Sérignan-du-Comtat.

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  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. Commune de Sérignan-du-Comtat (84127), INSEE.
  3. Le Musée Lichtner-Aix, www.serignanducomtat.fr.