La Roque-d'Anthéron | |
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) Silvacane Abbey in La Roque-d'Anthéron | |
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Location of La Roque-d'Anthéron  | |
)  La Roque-d'Anthéron ) La Roque-d'Anthéron | |
| Coordinates: 43°42′56″N 5°18′41″E / 43.7156°N 5.3114°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence |
| Canton | Pélissanne |
| Intercommunality | Aix-Marseille-Provence |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Louis Turcan |
| Area 1 | 25.49 km2 (9.84 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[1] | 5,455 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13084 /13640 |
| Elevation | 128–484 m (420–1,588 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Roque-d'Anthéron (La Ròca d'Anteron in Occitan) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Silvacane Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery, is located near La Roque-d'Anthéron.
Cited in 1037 under the name of Roca, the village then had a varying etymology being named La Rocca d'An Tarron (in 1200), Roccha Tarroni (in 1274) and then Rocca d'en Tarron.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1793 | 1,228 | — |
| 1800 | 1,319 | +7.4% |
| 1806 | 1,278 | −3.1% |
| 1821 | 1,381 | +8.1% |
| 1831 | 1,506 | +9.1% |
| 1836 | 1,417 | −5.9% |
| 1841 | 1,498 | +5.7% |
| 1846 | 1,544 | +3.1% |
| 1851 | 1,474 | −4.5% |
| 1856 | 1,495 | +1.4% |
| 1861 | 1,584 | +6.0% |
| 1866 | 1,543 | −2.6% |
| 1872 | 1,494 | −3.2% |
| 1876 | 1,603 | +7.3% |
| 1881 | 1,517 | −5.4% |
| 1886 | 503 | −66.8% |
| 1891 | 1,428 | +183.9% |
| 1896 | 1,522 | +6.6% |
| 1901 | 1,452 | −4.6% |
| 1906 | 1,555 | +7.1% |
| 1911 | 1,517 | −2.4% |
| 1921 | 1,308 | −13.8% |
| 1926 | 1,277 | −2.4% |
| 1931 | 1,188 | −7.0% |
| 1936 | 1,159 | −2.4% |
| 1946 | 1,121 | −3.3% |
| 1954 | 1,075 | −4.1% |
| 1962 | 1,415 | +31.6% |
| 1968 | 2,282 | +61.3% |
| 1975 | 2,876 | +26.0% |
| 1982 | 3,692 | +28.4% |
| 1990 | 3,923 | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 4,446 | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 5,078 | +14.2% |
See also
- Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
- Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.