File:Banon_by_JM_Rosier.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Banon
Sign in to savecommune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
OverviewAI-generated
Banon is a commune in France, situated within the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Banon and is located in the arrondissement of Forcalquier. The town shares borders with Lardiers, Montsalier, Redortiers, and Revest-des-Brousses. Its postal code is 04150, and it is associated with the canton of Reillanne for electoral purposes.
The area of Banon is 39.81 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 1,074 residents (452 male and 518 female) and another citing 941. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 1,093 meters in one dataset and 815 meters in another. Banon is twinned with Costigliole Saluzzo.
Synthesized by Vinony from 48 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, Open Meteo, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Weather now
cached 21h ago7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
Place details
- Locality
- Banon
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 941
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Department
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Arrondissement
- Forcalquier
- Canton
- Reillanne
- Intercommunality
- Haute-Provence Pays de Banon
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Michèle Moutte
- Area
- 39.81 km (15.37 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,072
- Density
- 26.93/km (69.74/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 04018 /04150
- Elevation
- 540–1,093 m (1,772–3,586 ft) , (avg. 760 m or 2,490 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Banon
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Forcalquier
- Population
- 1072
- Area
- 39.81
- Elevation
- 731
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Banon
- Shares border with
- Ongles
- Official website
- www.village-banon.fr
- Image
- Banon by JM Rosier.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Costigliole Saluzzo
- Commons category
- Banon (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
- postal code
- 04150
- associated electoral district
- canton of Reillanne
- male population
- 452
- female population
- 518
- P8168
- Vytegra
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-92-73-20-08
- fax number
- +33-4-92-73-33-23
via Wikidata · CC0
~22 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Banon ( French pronunciation: [banɔ̃]) is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.