Villeneuve
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Place details
- Locality
- Villeneuve
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,444
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Department
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Arrondissement
- Forcalquier
- Canton
- Oraison
- Intercommunality
- Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Serge Faudrin
- Area
- 25.55 km (9.86 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 4,360
- Density
- 171/km (442/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 04242 /04180
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Villeneuve
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Forcalquier
- Population
- +4360
- Area
- +25.55
- Elevation
- +402
- Body of water
- Durance
- Shares border with
- Volx
- Official website
- www.mairie-villeneuve.fr
- Image
- Villeneuve (04).JPG
Article
Villeneuve ( French pronunciation: [vilnœv] ; Provençal: Vilanòva) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.
Villeneuve is located in Durance valley. This village, like many other villages in Provence, is built on the top of a hill to keep it protected from invaders. Villeneuve in French mean "New town" but was constructed in Middle Ages, originally further in the forest on the top of a high cliff. Only the little chapel remains on the rock to show where the original village was located.