Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône
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Fontvieille | |
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 Alphonse Daudet's windmill | |
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Location of Fontvieille  | |
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| Coordinates: 43°43′40″N 4°42′35″E / 43.7278°N 4.7097°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Arles |
| Canton | Salon-de-Provence-1 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Guy Frustier |
| Area 1 | 40.18 km2 (15.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 3,521 |
| • Density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13038 /13990 |
| Elevation | 0–245 m (0–804 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fontvieille (Occitan: Fòntvielha) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
History
The commune was created in 1790, out of the territory of Arles.
The Occitan language poet Brémonde de Tarascon (1858–98) grew up on the Darbousille farm at Fontvieille, where she died.[2]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 1,613 | — |
| 1800 | 1,900 | +17.8% |
| 1806 | 1,728 | −9.1% |
| 1821 | 2,044 | +18.3% |
| 1831 | 2,056 | +0.6% |
| 1836 | 2,165 | +5.3% |
| 1841 | 2,142 | −1.1% |
| 1846 | 2,402 | +12.1% |
| 1851 | 2,492 | +3.7% |
| 1856 | 2,479 | −0.5% |
| 1861 | 2,788 | +12.5% |
| 1866 | 3,248 | +16.5% |
| 1872 | 2,566 | −21.0% |
| 1876 | 2,565 | −0.0% |
| 1881 | 2,596 | +1.2% |
| 1886 | 2,840 | +9.4% |
| 1891 | 2,591 | −8.8% |
| 1896 | 2,541 | −1.9% |
| 1901 | 2,515 | −1.0% |
| 1906 | 2,252 | −10.5% |
| 1911 | 2,104 | −6.6% |
| 1921 | 2,027 | −3.7% |
| 1926 | 2,057 | +1.5% |
| 1931 | 2,079 | +1.1% |
| 1936 | 2,079 | +0.0% |
| 1946 | 2,064 | −0.7% |
| 1954 | 2,244 | +8.7% |
| 1962 | 2,388 | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 2,440 | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 2,935 | +20.3% |
| 1982 | 3,374 | +15.0% |
| 1990 | 3,642 | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 3,431 | −5.8% |
| 2008 | 3,533 | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 3,653 | +3.4% |
Sights
- Alphonse Daudet's windmill
- Barbegal aqueduct and mill, a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune
Twin towns
Fontvieille is twinned with Santa Maria a Monte, Italy, since 1991.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Brémonde de Tarascon (1858-1898), poétesse provençale", GénéProvence (in French), 10 December 2008, retrieved 2017-11-13
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