Valensole

Valensole
Valençòla (Occitan)
Lavender fields in Valensole
Location of Valensole
Valensole
Valensole
Coordinates: 43°50′20″N 5°59′04″E / 43.8389°N 5.9844°E / 43.8389; 5.9844
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-de-Haute-Provence
ArrondissementForcalquier
CantonValensole
IntercommunalityDurance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Gérard Aurric
Area
1
127.77 km2 (49.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
3,151
  Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
04230 /04210
Elevation290–651 m (951–2,136 ft)
(avg. 595 m or 1,952 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Valensole (French pronunciation: [valɑ̃sɔl]; Occitan: Valençòla) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. Its inhabitants are called Valensolais (masculine) and Valensolaises (feminine). The commune numbered 3,173 inhabitants as of 2019.