Le Vernet, Ariège

Le Vernet
Memorial for the Le Vernet Internment Camp Memorial for the Le Vernet Internment Camp
Le Vernet
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Le Vernet
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Saverdun
Intercommunality	Pays de Pamiers
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Grasa
Area1	5.59 km2 (2.16 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	632
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	09331 / 09700
Elevation	235–376 m (771–1,234 ft) (avg. 261 m or 856 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.

Le Vernet is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Le Vernet are called Vernétois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	323	—
1968	382	+18.3%
1975	417	+9.2%
1982	464	+11.3%
1990	508	+9.5%
1999	536	+5.5%
2008	632	+17.9%

History

It was the site of Camp Vernet, a concentration camp built in 1918. During World War II it was used by the Vichy authorities to intern "undesirable aliens", primarily European refugees, including Jews, and as a transit camp for detained Jews who were to be deported to Nazi labor and extermination camps.

Transport

• Gare du Vernet-d'Ariège

See also

• Camp Vernet
• Communes of the Ariège department

References

• INSEE