Venerque

Venerque (French pronunciation: [vənɛʁk]; Occitan: Venèrca) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Venerque-le-Vernet station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol.

Venerque
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Venerque
Venerque Venerque
Coordinates: 43°26′03″N 1°26′40″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Muret
Canton	Portet-sur-Garonne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Courtiade
Area 1	14.57 km2 (5.63 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,823
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31572 /31810
Elevation	157–272 m (515–892 ft) (avg. 312 m or 1,024 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Venerquois or Venerquoises in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 818 —     1800 750 −1.23% 1806 796 +1.00% 1821 900 +0.82% 1831 941 +0.45% 1836 954 +0.27% 1841 986 +0.66% 1846 1,009 +0.46% 1851 1,008 −0.02% 1856 996 −0.24% 1861 988 −0.16% 1866 963 −0.51% 1872 933 −0.53% 1876 900 −0.90% 1881 913 +0.29% 1886 897 −0.35% 1891 910 +0.29% 1896 862 −1.08% 1901 786 −1.83%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 757 −0.75% 1911 729 −0.75% 1921 703 −0.36% 1926 680 −0.66% 1931 736 +1.60% 1936 837 +2.61% 1946 894 +0.66% 1954 965 +0.96% 1962 1,022 +0.72% 1968 1,274 +3.74% 1975 1,510 +2.46% 1982 1,907 +3.39% 1990 2,158 +1.56% 1999 2,328 +0.85% 2007 1,872 −2.69% 2012 1,832 −0.43% 2017 2,164 +3.39% 2019 2,702 +11.74%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Monuments

• 
  Church Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Phébade
• 
  Apse
• 
  Altar
• 
  The village hall.

Personalities

• Jean-Baptiste Noulet

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department