Sérignan-du-Comtat
Sérignan-du-Comtat
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Sérignan-du-Comtat Town Hall | |
Location of Sérignan-du-Comtat | |
| Coordinates: 44°11′24″N 4°50′39″E / 44.19°N 4.8442°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Vaucluse |
| Arrondissement | Carpentras |
| Canton | Bollène |
| Intercommunality | CC Aygues Ouvèze en Provence |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Julien Merle |
Area 1 | 19.82 km2 (7.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 2,896 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Sérignanais |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 84127 /84830 |
| Elevation | 53–240 m (174–787 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft) |
| Website | serignanducomtat.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Sérignan-du-Comtat (French pronunciation: [seʁiɲɑ̃ dy kɔ̃ta]; Occitan: 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. 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.
The entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre (1823–1915) died in Sérignan-du-Comtat.