Rognac

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

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

Rognac Ronhac (Occitan)
Commune
Marianne fountain in the town centre
Coat of arms
Location of Rognac
(2021–2026)		Sylvie Miceli-Houdais^[1]
Area ¹	17.46 km² (6.74 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	12,175
• Density	700/km² (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13081 /13340
Elevation	0–271 m (0–889 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rognac (French pronunciation: [ʁɔɲak]; Occitan: Ronhac) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Located to the east of the Étang de Berre, north of Marseille Provence Airport, it is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.

Transport

Rognac is served by the Rognac TER PACA railway station, on both the Paris–Marseille railway and Rognac–Aix-en-Provence freight railway.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	511	—
1800	558	+1.26%
1806	555	−0.09%
1821	637	+0.92%
1831	555	−1.37%
1836	625	+2.40%
1841	220	−18.85%
1846	570	+20.97%
1851	748	+5.59%
1856	789	+1.07%
1861	873	+2.04%
1866	873	+0.00%
1872	840	−0.64%
1876	842	+0.06%
1881	683	−4.10%
1886	678	−0.15%
1891	653	−0.75%
1896	722	+2.03%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	741	+0.52%
1906	769	+0.74%
1911	763	−0.16%
1921	958	+2.30%
1926	1,165	+3.99%
1931	1,395	+3.67%
1936	1,614	+2.96%
1946	2,008	+2.21%
1954	2,696	+3.75%
1962	3,590	+3.64%
1968	4,270	+2.93%
1975	5,105	+2.58%
1982	9,330	+9.00%
1990	11,099	+2.19%
1999	11,631	+0.52%
2009	11,931	+0.25%
2014	11,830	−0.17%
2020	12,136	+0.43%

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Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968–2020)^[4]

International relations

Rognac is twinned with:

Rockenhausen, Germany
Veria, Greece

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "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 Rognac, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE