Le Vernet (;
Languedocien
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: ''Lo Vernet'') is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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in the
Ariège department in southwestern
France
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.
Population
Inhabitants of Le Vernet are called ''Vernétois''.
History
It was the site of
Camp Vernet, a
concentration camp
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built in 1918. During World War II it was used by the
Vichy
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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
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labor and extermination camps.
Transport
Le Vernet-d'Ariège station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol.
See also
*
Camp Vernet
*
Communes of the Ariège department
References
Communes of Ariège (department)
Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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