Le Vernet, Ariège
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Memorial for the Le Vernet Internment Camp
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Location within Occitanie region
Le Vernet
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| Coordinates: 43°11′10″N 1°36′11″E / 43.1861°N 1.6031°ECoordinates: 43°11′10″N 1°36′11″E / 43.1861°N 1.6031°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Pamiers |
| Canton | Portes d'Ariège |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Pamiers |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Michel Grasa |
| Area1 | 5.59 km2 (2.16 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 632 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09331 /09700 |
| Elevation | 235–376 m (771–1,234 ft) (avg. 261 m or 856 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Le Vernet is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Inhabitants of Le Vernet are called Vernétois.
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.
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