Rognac

Rognac
Rognac railway station, with a passing freight train and an Intercity-TER Rognac railway station, with a passing freight train and an Intercity-TER
Coat of arms of Rognac Coat of arms
Rognac
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Rognac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Istres
Canton	Berre-l'Étang
Intercommunality	Salon-Étang de Berre-Durance
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Guillaume
Area1	17.46 km2 (6.74 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	12,195
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rognac is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Twin towns – Sister cities

Rognac is twinned with:

Rockenhausen, Germany

• Veria, Greece

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	511	—
1800	558	+9.2%
1806	555	−0.5%
1821	637	+14.8%
1831	555	−12.9%
1836	625	+12.6%
1841	220	−64.8%
1846	570	+159.1%
1851	748	+31.2%
1856	789	+5.5%
1861	873	+10.6%
1866	873	+0.0%
1872	840	−3.8%
1876	842	+0.2%
1881	683	−18.9%
1886	678	−0.7%
1891	653	−3.7%
1896	722	+10.6%
1901	741	+2.6%
1906	769	+3.8%
1911	763	−0.8%
1921	958	+25.6%
1926	1,165	+21.6%
1931	1,395	+19.7%
1936	1,614	+15.7%
1946	2,008	+24.4%
1954	2,696	+34.3%
1962	3,590	+33.2%
1968	4,270	+18.9%
1975	5,105	+19.6%
1982	9,330	+82.8%
1990	11,099	+19.0%
1999	11,631	+4.8%
2008	12,195	+4.8%

See also

• Étang de Berre
• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

• INSEE