Bouc-Bel-Air
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence |
| Canton | Gardanne |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Aix |
| Mayor | Jean-Claude Perrin (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 153–330 m (502–1,080 ft) (avg. 259 m or 850 ft) |
| Land area1 | 21.75 km2 (8.40 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 13,437 (2008) |
| - Density | 618 /km2 (1,600 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13015/ 13320 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 43°27′19″N 5°24′54″E / 43.4553°N 5.415°E
Bouc-Bel-Air is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is situated between Marseille, Gardanne and Aix-en-Provence. The old village is located at the summit of a small hill (a bouc in the regional language provençal).
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[edit] Population
| Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 |
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| Population | 1506 | 1413 | 1268 | 1344 | 1407 | 1327 | 1320 | 1299 | 1321 | 1321 |
| Year | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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| Population | 1275 | 1168 | 1159 | 1062 | 938 | 933 | 908 | 895 | 798 | 825 |
| Year | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 |
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| Population | 813 | 794 | 743 | 842 | 867 | 1159 | 1606 | 2158 | 3210 | 4533 |
| Year | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 8714 | 11,512 | 12,297 | 13,437 |
[edit] Sights
Bouc-Bel-Air is typically in Provençal style, founded around a rock which formed the foundation of an old castle of the 7th century. It has a particularly nice view on several mountains among which the locally well known Sainte-Victoire.
[edit] History
Inhabited since very ancient times, its sites witness of Roman-Gallic settlings. Some of these sites date to the 7th century BC. Invasions of the Barbarians took place in the 7th century AD, the probable foundation date of the village.
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