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Villeneuve |
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Villeneuve
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
| Arrondissement | Forcalquier |
| Canton | Forcalquier |
| Intercommunality | Luberon Oriental |
| Mayor | Jacques Echalon (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 313–600 m (1,027–2,000 ft) (avg. 450 m/1,480 ft) |
| Land area1 | 25.55 km2 (9.86 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 3,444 (2008) |
| - Density | 135 /km2 (350 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 04242/ 04180 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Villeneuve 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.
| Year | 1765 | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 |
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| Population | 575 | 647 | 720 | 696 | 806 | 872 | 846 | 776 | 783 | 793 |
| Year | 1856 | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 |
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| Population | 778 | 785 | 731 | 798 | 745 | 681 | 600 | 576 | 577 | 566 |
| Year | 1906 | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 |
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| Population | 1143 | 605 | 591 | 537 | 496 | 575 | 586 | 575 | 639 | 861 |
| Year | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 1144 | 1730 | 2516 | 2964 | 3444 |