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Maillane

Coordinates: 43°50′01″N 4°46′58″E / 43.8336°N 4.7828°E / 43.8336; 4.7828
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Maillane
The church of Maillane
The church of Maillane
Coat of arms of Maillane
Location of Maillane
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Maillane is located in France
Maillane
Maillane
Maillane is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Maillane
Maillane
Coordinates: 43°50′01″N 4°46′58″E / 43.8336°N 4.7828°E / 43.8336; 4.7828
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementArles
CantonChâteaurenard
IntercommunalityCA Terre de Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Eric Lecoffre[1]
Area
1
16.77 km2 (6.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,738
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13052 /13910
Elevation7–17 m (23–56 ft)
(avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maillane (French pronunciation: [majan]; Occitan: Malhana) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France in the former province of Provence.

Geography

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Maillane is located 7 km (4.3 mi) north-west of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Tarascon.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,200—    
1800 1,324+1.41%
1806 1,273−0.65%
1821 1,386+0.57%
1831 1,505+0.83%
1836 1,356−2.06%
1841 1,430+1.07%
1846 1,507+1.05%
1851 1,556+0.64%
1856 1,522−0.44%
1861 1,541+0.25%
1866 1,532−0.12%
1872 1,480−0.57%
1876 1,390−1.56%
1881 1,347−0.63%
1886 1,342−0.07%
1891 1,383+0.60%
1896 1,347−0.53%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,373+0.38%
1906 1,369−0.06%
1911 1,407+0.55%
1921 1,325−0.60%
1926 1,354+0.43%
1931 1,372+0.26%
1936 1,308−0.95%
1946 1,315+0.05%
1954 1,306−0.09%
1962 1,354+0.45%
1968 1,472+1.40%
1975 1,430−0.41%
1982 1,571+1.35%
1990 1,664+0.72%
1999 1,880+1.37%
2007 2,156+1.73%
2012 2,437+2.48%
2017 2,582+1.16%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

People

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Maillane was the birthplace of the 19th century poet Frédéric Mistral (1904 Nobel Prize in literature).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Maillane, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE