Paradou

Paradou
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Paradou
Paradou Paradou
Coordinates: 43°43′16″N 4°47′17″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Salon-de-Provence-1
Intercommunality	Vallée des Baux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Hilaire Seyverac
Area 1	16.15 km2 (6.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,200
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13068 /13520
Elevation	0–162 m (0–531 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Paradou (also: Le Paradou; Occitan Lo Parador) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1800 488 —     1806 456 −6.6% 1821 627 +37.5% 1831 617 −1.6% 1836 631 +2.3% 1841 650 +3.0% 1846 672 +3.4% 1851 669 −0.4% 1856 710 +6.1% 1861 782 +10.1% 1866 801 +2.4% 1872 713 −11.0% 1876 720 +1.0% 1881 678 −5.8% 1886 662 −2.4% 1891 583 −11.9% 1896 616 +5.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 605 −1.8% 1906 580 −4.1% 1911 622 +7.2% 1921 576 −7.4% 1926 510 −11.5% 1931 547 +7.3% 1936 520 −4.9% 1946 511 −1.7% 1954 516 +1.0% 1962 532 +3.1% 1968 526 −1.1% 1975 640 +21.7% 1982 809 +26.4% 1990 926 +14.5% 1999 1,162 +25.5% 2008 1,290 +11.0%

See also

• Alpilles
• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

Apses of the Church