Rognac (; oc, Ronhac) is a
commune in the
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and l ...
department in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its prefe ...
region
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in
Southern France
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. Located to the east of the
Étang de Berre
The Étang de Berre (in Provençal Occitan: ''estanh de Bèrra / mar de Bèrra'' according to classical orthography, ''estang de Berro / mar de Berro'' according to Mistralian orthography) is a brackish water lagoon on the Mediterranean coast of ...
, north of
Marseille Provence Airport
Marseille Provence Airport () is an international airport located 27 km (17 miles) northwest of Marseille, on the territory of Marignane, both '' communes'' of the Bouches-du-Rhône '' département'' in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ...
, it is part of the
Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis
The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis (french: métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence) is the ''métropole'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence. It is located in the Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Vauclu ...
. In 2019, it had a population of 12,086.
Transport
Rognac is served by the Rognac
TER PACA railway station, on both the
Paris–Marseille railway
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and Rognac–Aix-en-Provence freight railway.
Demographics
International relations
Rognac is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Rockenhausen
Rockenhausen is a town in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Alsenz, approx. north of Kaiserslautern.
Rockenhausen is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Nordpfälze ...
, Germany
*
Veria
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, Greece
See also
*
Étang de Berre
The Étang de Berre (in Provençal Occitan: ''estanh de Bèrra / mar de Bèrra'' according to classical orthography, ''estang de Berro / mar de Berro'' according to Mistralian orthography) is a brackish water lagoon on the Mediterranean coast of ...
*
Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
The following is a list of the 119 communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France
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References
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Communes of Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia