Meyronnes

Meyronnes (French pronunciation: [meʁɔn]; Vivaro-Alpine: Maironas) is a former commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val-d'Oronaye.^[2]

Meyronnes
Part of Val-d'Oronaye
The village of Meyronnes, in the Ubayette valley
Location of Meyronnes
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Coordinates: 44°28′38″N 6°48′00″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Barcelonnette
Canton	Barcelonnette
Commune	Val-d'Oronaye
Area 1	40.59 km2 (15.67 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	58
• Density	1.4/km2 (3.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	04530
Elevation	1,307–3,192 m (4,288–10,472 ft) (avg. 1,500 m or 4,900 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1765 563 —     1793 554 −1.6% 1800 554 +0.0% 1806 541 −2.3% 1821 515 −4.8% 1831 605 +17.5% 1836 651 +7.6% 1841 608 −6.6% 1846 574 −5.6% 1851 558 −2.8% 1856 526 −5.7% 1861 499 −5.1% 1866 547 +9.6% 1872 476 −13.0% 1876 417 −12.4% 1881 388 −7.0% 1886 499 +28.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1891 355 −28.9% 1896 347 −2.3% 1901 347 +0.0% 1906 349 +0.6% 1911 324 −7.2% 1921 264 −18.5% 1926 197 −25.4% 1931 212 +7.6% 1936 177 −16.5% 1954 54 −69.5% 1962 32 −40.7% 1968 31 −3.1% 1975 46 +48.4% 1982 31 −32.6% 1990 48 +54.8% 1999 44 −8.3% 2008 77 +75.0%

See also

• Ouvrage Saint Ours Haut
• Ubaye Valley
• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

1. "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
2. Arrêté préfectoral 14 December 2015 (in French)