Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône
Fontvieille (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃vjɛj]; Occitan: Fòntvielha) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
Fontvieille | |
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 Alphonse Daudet's windmill | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Fontvieille  | |
  Fontvieille  Fontvieille | |
| Coordinates: 43°43′40″N 4°42′35″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 |
| Area 1 | 40.18 km2 (15.51 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,544 |
| • 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
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. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
References
- "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- "Brémonde de Tarascon (1858-1898), poétesse provençale", GénéProvence (in French), 10 December 2008, retrieved 2017-11-13
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