Rognac

Rognac Ronhac (Occitan)
Commune
Marianne fountain in the town centre
Coat of arms
Rognac Rognac
Coordinates: 43°29′19″N 5°13′59″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Istres
Canton	Berre-l'Étang
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Sylvie Miceli-Houdais
Area 1	17.46 km2 (6.74 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 and INSEE (1968–2020)

International relations

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

Rognac is twinned with:

• Rockenhausen, Germany
• Veria, Greece

See also

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