Méolans-Revel

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

Méolans-Revel
Commune
The bell tower of the church of Saint-Julien, in Méolans-Revel
Location of Méolans-Revel
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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
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Émile Tron
Area ^1	127.74 km^2 (49.32 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	339
• Density	2.7/km^2 (6.9/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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%

Year Pop. ±% 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.[2]

See also

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

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germanwings-flight-4u9525-airbus-a320-crashes-in-southern-france-with-150-aboard-1.3006701