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Le Rove (French pronunciation: [lə ʁɔv]; Occitan: Lo Rove) is a seaside commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France.[3]
Le Rove
Lo Rove (Occitan) | |
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 The Niolon Cove, in Le Rove | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Rove  | |
  Le Rove  Le Rove | |
| Coordinates: 43°22′09″N 5°15′01″E / 43.3692°N 5.2503°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Istres |
| Canton | Marignane |
| Intercommunality | Aix-Marseille-Provence |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Georges Rosso[1] |
| Area 1 | 22.97 km2 (8.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 5,194 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Rovenain (masculine) Rovenaine (feminine) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13088 /13740 |
| Elevation | 0–263 m (0–863 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is located on the Côte Bleue just northwest of Marseille, neighbouring its 16th arrondissement within the larger Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis. It consists of a main village at Le Rove which houses the town hall, as well as a variety of hamlets and other settlements.
The Rove Tunnel, the world's longest canal tunnel at 7,120 metres (23,360 ft), has its southeastern entrance situated in Marseille near Le Rove, although a sizeable portion crosses the commune underground (from the Mediterranean towards the Étang de Berre), hence its name. It has been out of service since 1963.
Georges Rosso, the mayor of Le Rove, is the oldest mayor of any French city, at 93 years of age.[4]
Transport
editLe Rove is served by the Niolon TER PACA railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas–L'Estaque railway.
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Railway line in Niolon
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Demographics
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Notable people
edit- Sébastien Chato (born 1961), singer, author, composer, lived in Le Rove
- Alexandre Fabre (born 1955), actor, lives in Le Rove
- Maurice Gouiran (born 1946), thriller writer, born in Le Rove
- Malika Haimeur (born 1956), awarded the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize for Women & Business in 2009
- Franky Zapata (born 1978), creator of the Flyboard, lived in Le Rove with his workshop still there
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Commune du Rove (13088), INSEE
- ^ Korobeinik, Pierre (1 February 2023). "Georges Rosso, maire du Rove : "On doit rester un village"".
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Rove, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
