Cuges-les-Pins

Cuges-les-Pins (French pronunciation: [kyʒ le pɛ̃]; Occitan: Cuja), commonly referred to simply as Cuges, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France.[3] Situated 27 km (17 mi) east of Marseille, on the departmental border with Var, it had a population of 5,244 as of 2019.

Cuges-les-Pins
Cuja (Occitan)
Commune
A view of Cuges-les-Pins with the Sainte-Baume in the background
A view of Cuges-les-Pins with the Sainte-Baume in the background
Coat of arms of Cuges-les-Pins
Coat of arms
Location of Cuges-les-Pins
Cuges-les-Pins is located in France
Cuges-les-Pins
Cuges-les-Pins
Cuges-les-Pins is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cuges-les-Pins
Cuges-les-Pins
Coordinates: 43°16′38″N 5°42′05″E
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementMarseille
CantonLa Ciotat
IntercommunalityAix-Marseille-Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Destrost[1]
Area
1
38.81 km2 (14.98 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
5,380
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13030 /13780
Dialling codes0491
Elevation160–1,041 m (525–3,415 ft)
(avg. 191 m or 627 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

On 1 August 1794, Mayor Joseph-Jean Monfray performed the wedding of Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoléon Bonaparte, in Cuges-les-Pins (Mayor Monfray was later convicted on charges of bribery and corruption). Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte would later reign over Naples (1806–1808) and Spain (1808–1813) as Queen consort and King, respectively.[4]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,540—    
1800 1,486−0.51%
1806 1,504+0.20%
1821 1,735+0.96%
1831 1,855+0.67%
1836 1,804−0.56%
1841 1,709−1.08%
1846 1,666−0.51%
1851 1,692+0.31%
1856 1,603−1.07%
1861 1,538−0.82%
1866 1,501−0.49%
1872 1,450−0.57%
1876 1,434−0.28%
1881 1,302−1.91%
1886 1,260−0.65%
1891 1,207−0.86%
1896 1,119−1.50%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 997−2.28%
1906 935−1.28%
1911 894−0.89%
1921 741−1.86%
1926 808+1.75%
1931 749−1.51%
1936 721−0.76%
1946 754+0.45%
1954 847+1.46%
1962 1,109+3.43%
1968 1,433+4.36%
1975 1,282−1.58%
1982 1,875+5.58%
1990 2,655+4.44%
1999 3,754+3.92%
2007 4,708+2.87%
2012 4,922+0.89%
2017 5,080+0.63%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Commune de Cuges-les-Pins (13030), INSEE
  4. Joseph Bonaparte, Thierry Lentz, PERRIN Biographie (in French), 752 pages, 2016.
  5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Cuges-les-Pins, EHESS (in French).
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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