Le Vernet, Ariège

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Le Vernet
Commune
Memorial for the Le Vernet Internment Camp
Location of Le Vernet
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Coordinates: 43°11′10″N 1°36′11″E / 43.1861°N 1.6031°E / 43.1861; 1.6031
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Portes d'Ariège
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Denis Lafon[1]
Area 1	5.59 km2 (2.16 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	704
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09331 /09700
Elevation	235–376 m (771–1,234 ft) (avg. 261 m or 856 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Vernet (French pronunciation: [lə vɛʁnɛ]; Languedocien: Lo Vernet) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Inhabitants of Le Vernet are called Vernétois in French.

It was the site of Camp Vernet, a concentration camp built in 1918. During World War II it was used by the Vichy 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 labor and extermination camps.

Le Vernet-d'Ariège station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol.

• Camp Vernet
• Communes of the Ariège department

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