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Fontvieille (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃vjɛj]; Occitan: Fòntvielha) is a commune in the camargue region in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
Fontvieille | |
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 Alphonse Daudet's windmill | |
 Coat of arms | |
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 (2020–2026) | Gérard Garnier[1] |
Area 1 | 40.18 km2 (15.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 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. | |
History
editThe 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.[3]
Population
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Sights
edit- Alphonse Daudet's windmill
- Barbegal aqueduct and mill, a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune
Twin towns
editFontvieille is twinned with Santa Maria a Monte, Italy, since 1991.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "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 13 November 2017
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Fontvieille, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
edit- Tourist office website
- Pictures of Fontvieille Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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