Villeneuve, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of Villeneuve

(2020–2026) Serge Faudrin^[1]Area

25.55 km² (9.86 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,355 • Density170/km² (440/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

04242 /04180

Elevation313–600 m (1,027–1,969 ft)
(avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villeneuve (French pronunciation: [vilnœv] ^ⓘ; Provençal: Vilanòva) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Villeneuve is located in Durance valley. This village, like many other villages in Provence, is built on the top of a hill to keep it protected from invaders. Villeneuve in French mean "New town" but was constructed in Middle Ages, originally further in the forest on the top of a high cliff. Only the little chapel remains on the rock to show where the original village was located.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	647	—
1800	720	+1.54%
1806	696	−0.56%
1821	806	+0.98%
1831	872	+0.79%
1836	846	−0.60%
1841	776	−1.71%
1846	783	+0.18%
1851	793	+0.25%
1856	778	−0.38%
1861	785	+0.18%
1866	731	−1.42%
1872	798	+1.47%
1876	745	−1.70%
1881	681	−1.78%
1886	600	−2.50%
1891	576	−0.81%
1896	577	+0.03%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	566	−0.38%
1906	1,143	+15.09%
1911	605	−11.95%
1921	591	−0.23%
1926	537	−1.90%
1931	496	−1.58%
1936	575	+3.00%
1946	586	+0.19%
1954	575	−0.24%
1962	639	+1.33%
1968	861	+5.10%
1975	1,144	+4.14%
1982	1,730	+6.09%
1990	2,516	+4.79%
1999	2,964	+1.84%
2007	3,448	+1.91%
2012	3,713	+1.49%
2017	4,196	+2.48%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villeneuve, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE