Corbières-en-Provence

This article is about the commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. For the commune in Aude also named Corbièras in Occitan, see Corbières, Aude. For the natural region, see Corbières Massif.

Corbières-en-Provence Corbièras (Occitan)
Commune
A view of Corbières-en-Provence
Coat of arms
Location of Corbières-en-Provence
Corbières-en-Provence Corbières-en-Provence
Coordinates: 43°45′43″N 5°45′07″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Forcalquier
Canton	Manosque-3
Intercommunality	Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Castel
Area 1	19.06 km2 (7.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,254
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04063 /04220
Elevation	256–531 m (840–1,742 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Corbières-en-Provence (French pronunciation: [kɔʁbjɛʁ ɑ̃ pʁɔvɑ̃s], literally Corbières in Provence; Occitan: Corbièras), simply known as Corbières until 2018, is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 1,196. Its inhabitants are called Corbiérains (masculine) and Corbiéraines (feminine).

Corbières-en-Provence is located at the heart of the Provence historical province, on the departmental border with Vaucluse and Var, not far north from Bouches-du-Rhône, where the Verdon flows into the Durance. The commune itself is situated on the Durance, the banks of which are served by the A51 autoroute, nicknamed the "Autoroute du Val de Durance".

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1765 282 —     1793 434 +53.9% 1800 455 +4.8% 1806 505 +11.0% 1821 571 +13.1% 1831 585 +2.5% 1836 620 +6.0% 1841 635 +2.4% 1846 657 +3.5% 1851 704 +7.2% 1856 672 −4.5% 1861 657 −2.2% 1866 593 −9.7% 1872 571 −3.7% 1876 591 +3.5% 1881 533 −9.8% 1886 591 +10.9% 1891 530 −10.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 481 −9.2% 1901 484 +0.6% 1906 482 −0.4% 1911 503 +4.4% 1921 700 +39.2% 1926 435 −37.9% 1931 457 +5.1% 1936 377 −17.5% 1946 397 +5.3% 1954 403 +1.5% 1962 441 +9.4% 1968 633 +43.5% 1975 483 −23.7% 1982 660 +36.6% 1990 786 +19.1% 1999 791 +0.6% 2008 957 +21.0% 2013 1,068 +11.6%

See also

• Coteaux de Pierrevert AOC
• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department