Vitrolles, Bouches-du-Rhône

Vitrolles (French pronunciation: [vitʁɔl]; Occitan: Vitròla) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France, located about 20.6 km (12.8 mi) from Marseille. It is the largest suburb of the city of Aix-en-Provence and is adjacent to its southwest side.

Vitrolles
Commune
Sarrasine tower
Sarrasine tower
Coat of arms of Vitrolles
Coat of arms
Location of Vitrolles
Vitrolles is located in France
Vitrolles
Vitrolles
Vitrolles is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Vitrolles
Vitrolles
Coordinates: 43°27′36″N 5°14′55″E
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementIstres
CantonVitrolles
IntercommunalityAix-Marseille-Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Loïc Gachon[1]
Area
1
36.58 km2 (14.12 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
34,418
 • Density940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13117 /13127
Elevation0–255 m (0–837 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 1,045—    
1800 972−1.03%
1806 1,058+1.42%
1821 1,209+0.89%
1831 1,244+0.29%
1836 1,124−2.01%
1841 1,128+0.07%
1846 1,213+1.46%
1851 1,200−0.22%
1856 1,176−0.40%
1861 1,148−0.48%
1866 1,339+3.13%
1872 1,256−1.06%
1876 1,082−3.66%
1881 1,010−1.37%
1886 1,007−0.06%
1891 910−2.01%
1896 910+0.00%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 892−0.40%
1906 875−0.38%
1911 819−1.31%
1921 794−0.31%
1926 812+0.45%
1931 841+0.70%
1936 819−0.53%
1946 1,293+4.67%
1954 2,523+8.72%
1962 3,366+3.67%
1968 5,050+6.99%
1975 13,413+14.98%
1982 22,725+7.82%
1990 35,397+5.70%
1999 36,784+0.43%
2007 37,479+0.23%
2012 34,843−1.45%
2017 33,310−0.90%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Vitrolles is twinned with:[5]

Administration

List of mayors of Vitrolles:

  • 1800–1808: Paul Gueidon
  • 1808–1812: Pierre Joseph Gabriel Bertrand
  • 1813–1817: Louis Barrigue de Monvalon
  • 1817–1823: Jacques Pierre Hilarion Audibert
  • 1824–1830: Louis Martin
  • 1830–1831: Honoré-Etienne Emery
  • 1831–1837: Hyppolite Baret
  • 1837–1842: André Guilhen
  • 1842–1844: Joseph Constant
  • 1844–1846: Barthélemy Bontoux
  • 1847–1848: Jean-Etienne Bonsignour
  • 1848–1848: Casimir Berard
  • 1848–1850: Jean-Joseph Audibert
  • 1850–1850: Louis Faren
  • 1850–1863: Honoré Lataud
  • 1863–1865: Jean-Pierre Christophe
  • 1865–1867: Jules Aimard
  • 1867–1870: Jean Antoine Audibert
  • 1870–1874: François Hilaire Touche
  • 1874–1878: Lucien Sauvat
  • 1878–1892: François Hilaire Touche
  • 1892–1908: Vital Rouard
  • 1908–1912: Pierre Gustave Constant
  • 1912–1925: Cyprien Touche
  • 1825–1944: Jules Guibaud
  • 1944–1954: Henri Loubet
  • 1954–1966: Victor Martin
  • 1966–1977: Henri Bremond
  • 1977–1983: Pierre Scelles
  • 1983–1997: Jean-Jacques Anglade
  • 1997–2002: Catherine Mégret
  • 2002–2009: Guy Obino

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vitrolles, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. "Jumelage". vitrolles13.fr (in French). Vitrolles. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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