Saint-Paul-lès-Durance

Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Commune
The town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Saint-Paul-lès-Durance Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Coordinates: 43°41′16″N 5°42′30″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Aix-en-Provence
Canton	Trets
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Romain Buchaut
Area 1	45.81 km2 (17.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	887
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13099 /13115
Elevation	230–519 m (755–1,703 ft) (avg. 254 m or 833 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Paul-lès-Durance (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl lɛ dyʁɑ̃s], literally Saint-Paul near Durance; also spelled Saint-Paul-lez-Durance; Provençal: Sant Pau de Durença) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in Provence, southern France.

The Cadarache research center for nuclear energy is located in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance and next to it the international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject ITER the most expensive building ever built and the largest scientific research collaboration in history.

The town was established in the 10th century and has around 1,000 inhabitants, a school, a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aix, a 15th-century château, and a little shopping center.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 525 —     1800 488 −7.0% 1806 470 −3.7% 1821 430 −8.5% 1831 512 +19.1% 1836 584 +14.1% 1841 565 −3.3% 1846 540 −4.4% 1851 527 −2.4% 1856 542 +2.8% 1861 540 −0.4% 1866 467 −13.5% 1872 453 −3.0% 1876 419 −7.5% 1881 382 −8.8% 1886 394 +3.1% 1891 339 −14.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 342 +0.9% 1901 295 −13.7% 1906 273 −7.5% 1911 266 −2.6% 1921 231 −13.2% 1926 244 +5.6% 1931 226 −7.4% 1936 274 +21.2% 1946 288 +5.1% 1954 260 −9.7% 1962 866 +233.1% 1968 503 −41.9% 1975 463 −8.0% 1982 461 −0.4% 1990 643 +39.5% 1999 789 +22.7% 2008 973 +23.3%

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

External links

• Town council website (in French)
• Saint-Paul-lès-Durance on the Quid Web site (in French)
• Picture of the belltower of the church of Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
• Tax information about Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
• Financial information about the commune of Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
• Weather in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance