Méolans-Revel

Méolans-Revel
Commune
The bell tower of the church of Saint-Julien, in Méolans-Revel
Location of Méolans-Revel
Méolans-Revel Méolans-Revel
Coordinates: 44°24′08″N 6°30′44″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Barcelonnette
Canton	Barcelonnette
Intercommunality	Vallée de l'Ubaye
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Émile Tron
Area 1	127.74 km2 (49.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	323
• Density	2.5/km2 (6.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04161 /04340
Elevation	912–2,928 m (2,992–9,606 ft) (avg. 1,040 m or 3,410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Méolans-Revel is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1765	1,114	—
1793	1,039	−6.7%
1800	906	−12.8%
1806	897	−1.0%
1821	896	−0.1%
1831	973	+8.6%
1836	926	−4.8%
1841	933	+0.8%
1846	918	−1.6%
1851	855	−6.9%
1856	833	−2.6%
1861	771	−7.4%
1866	831	+7.8%
1872	752	−9.5%
1876	740	−1.6%
1881	701	−5.3%
1886	710	+1.3%
1891	644	−9.3%
1896	272	−57.8%
1901	255	−6.2%
1906	512	+100.8%
1911	237	−53.7%
1921	204	−13.9%
1926	202	−1.0%
1931	402	+99.0%
1936	366	−9.0%
1946	298	−18.6%
1954	238	−20.1%
1962	205	−13.9%
1968	173	−15.6%
1975	230	+32.9%
1982	224	−2.6%
1990	227	+1.3%
1999	284	+25.1%
2008	330	+16.2%

Incidents

On the 24 March 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 travelling from Barcelona to Düsseldorf crashed near Méolans-Revel.

See also

• Ubaye Valley
• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

• INSEE