Rognac

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Rognac

Total population

12,175

Elevation0 m

Land area17.46 km²

Coordinates43.49°, 5.23°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Rognac is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Located to the east of the Étang de Berre, north of Marseille Provence Airport, it is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Florian Raspentino

French footballer

L

Ludivine Kreutz

professional golfer

Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert

French Catholic missionary and saint

Baptiste Giabiconi

French singer and model

J

Jean Frédéric Bernard

French publisher and writer

Albert Emon

footballer

Alex Métayer

French humorist (1930–2004)

Edmond Théry

French economist

B

Baptistin Poujoulat

French historian

D

David Vuillemin

French motocross rider

F

Franck Priou

French footballer (born 1963)

Janine Jambu

French politician (1942–2012)

Jean Joseph François Poujoulat

French historian and journalist (1808–1880)

Julien Blaine

French poet and performer (born 1942)

K

Kalash l'Afro

French singer

K

Karine de Ménonville

French journalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

• Calas
  6.3 mi away
• Simiane-Collongue
  11 mi away · pop. 5,849
• Carry-le-Rouet
  11.5 mi away · pop. 5,708
• Miramas-le-Vieux
  11.8 mi away
• Sausset-les-Pins
  12.4 mi away · pop. 7,563
• Le Tholonet
  14.1 mi away · pop. 2,355
• Vernègues
  14.1 mi away · pop. 2,123
• Cazan
  14.1 mi away
• Mimet
  14.5 mi away · pop. 4,187
• Alleins
  15.4 mi away · pop. 2,764
• Pont Royal
  15.8 mi away
• Saint-Estève-Janson
  15.9 mi away · pop. 372

Browse all places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Booted Eagle

Hieraaetus pennatus

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Wall Lizard

Podarcis muralis

Seen 2026-09-15

pinecone thistle

Rhaponticum coniferum

Seen 2026-09-15

Garden Warbler

Sylvia borin

Seen 2026-09-15

Barbary Harvester Ant

Messor barbarus

Seen 2026-09-14

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-09-14

clockweed

Oenothera lindheimeri

Seen 2026-09-13

Moth Vine

Araujia sericifera

Seen 2026-09-13

Cushion Coral

Cladocora caespitosa

Seen 2026-09-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers