Les Pennes-Mirabeau

Les Pennes-Mirabeau (French pronunciation: ​[le pɛn miʁabo]; Occitan: Lei Penas de Mirabèu) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France, located 13.5 km (8.4 mi) from Marseille. In May every year, a medieval festival attracts tens of thousands people.[2]

Les Pennes-Mirabeau
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Les Pennes-Mirabeau
Les Pennes-Mirabeau
Les Pennes-Mirabeau
Coordinates: 43°24′38″N 5°18′37″E
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementAix-en-Provence
CantonGardanne
IntercommunalityAix-Marseille-Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Michel Amiel
Area
1
33.66 km2 (13.00 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
21,623
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13071 /13170
Elevation56–287 m (184–942 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 862—    
1800 908+0.75%
1806 1,212+4.93%
1821 1,316+0.55%
1831 1,680+2.47%
1836 1,626−0.65%
1841 1,717+1.10%
1846 1,939+2.46%
1851 1,945+0.06%
1856 1,935−0.10%
1861 1,960+0.26%
1866 2,026+0.66%
1872 2,000−0.22%
1876 2,015+0.19%
1881 1,918−0.98%
1886 1,971+0.55%
1891 2,001+0.30%
1896 1,992−0.09%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,997+0.05%
1906 2,117+1.17%
1911 2,355+2.15%
1921 2,578+0.91%
1926 3,181+4.29%
1931 4,270+6.07%
1936 4,866+2.65%
1946 5,601+1.42%
1954 7,097+3.00%
1962 7,615+0.88%
1968 10,146+4.90%
1975 14,839+5.58%
1982 15,691+0.80%
1990 18,599+2.15%
1999 19,041+0.26%
2007 20,238+0.77%
2012 20,279+0.04%
2017 21,046+0.75%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

Les Pennes-Mirabeau is twinned with:

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. "Pennes-Mirabeau : 40 000 visiteurs attendus au festival médiéval". 11 May 2013.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Pennes-Mirabeau, EHESS. (in French)
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Repoublic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan received on Wednesday a delegation of the French Les Pennes-Mirabeau city headed by its mayor Michel Amiel
  6. Les Pennes-Mirabeau and Martuni became sister cities


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