Puyloubier (French pronunciation: [pɥilubje]; Occitan: Pueglobier) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Puyloubier
Foreign Legion invalid home
Foreign Legion invalid home
Coat of arms of Puyloubier
Location of Puyloubier
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Puyloubier is located in France
Puyloubier
Puyloubier
Puyloubier is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Puyloubier
Puyloubier
Coordinates: 43°31′33″N 5°40′12″E / 43.5258°N 5.67°E / 43.5258; 5.67
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementAix-en-Provence
CantonTrets
IntercommunalityAix-Marseille-Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédéric Guinieri[1]
Area
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40.85 km2 (15.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,783
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13079 /13114
Elevation239–1,007 m (784–3,304 ft)
(avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

In Puyloubier can be found the Institution des invalides de la Légion étrangère which is a retirement home for former members of the French Foreign Legion.[3]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 692—    
1975 798+2.06%
1982 1,121+4.98%
1990 1,317+2.03%
1999 1,473+1.25%
2007 1,708+1.87%
2012 1,860+1.72%
2017 1,792−0.74%
Source: INSEE[4]

Personalities linked to the commune

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  • Servin de Puyloubier, hermit and martyr, massacred by the Visigoths.
  • Jacques Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 1 May 1680, died in Paris on 10 August 1754.
  • Jean-Baptiste Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 17 April 1720, nephew of Jacques Rigaud.
  • Rosalie Margalet, mother of the poet Victor Gélu, costumier, born in Puyloubier on 3 April 1770, died on 7 March 1854.
  • Jean Planque, painter and collector of Swiss art, stayed here between 1948 and 1951.
  • Francis Méano, international footballer, born in Puyloubier on 22 May 1931, died in a car accident near Reims on 26 June 1953.
  • Pierre-Paul Jeanpierre, colonel in the Foreign Légion, killed in combat in 1958 near Guelma (Algeria,) interred in the carré des légionnaires in Puyloubier cemetery.
  • Yvonne Gamy, actress, born Marseille on 10 June 1904, died in Marseille on 10 February 1997, was a longtime resident of Puyloubier.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ http://www.legion-boutique.com/
    - http://www.puyloubier.com/
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE