Aubagne

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Aubagne
Aubagne coat of arms
Aubagne (France)
Aubagne
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement Marseille
Canton Aubagne
Community association Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
Coordinates 43 ° 17 ′  N , 5 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′  N , 5 ° 34 ′  E
height 74-701 m
surface 54.90 km 2
Residents 46,209 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 842 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 13400
INSEE code
Website www.aubagne.fr

Old town of Aubagne

Aubagne is a French commune with 46,209 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bouches-du-Rhône department , in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region .

geography

Aubagne is located between Aix-en-Provence (north), Toulon (east) and Marseille (west). The city is crossed by the Huveaune River, into which several side streams flow here.

The old town lies on a hill at the confluence of the Merlançon in the Huveaune. This strategic position made it possible to control the traffic routes from Marseille and Aix-en-Provence to Toulon. In addition, the inhabitants there were protected from the floods of the Huveaune and its tributaries, and the city was easier to defend.

history

In the 11th century at the latest, people from the valley settled on the hill. The place was first mentioned in a document as "Albanea" in 1005.

At that time, Aubagne was part of the county of Provence and became part of the Holy Roman Empire (German Nation) with the Kingdom of Arles in 1032 . In 1035, three religious places of worship can be identified: The Saint-Pierre church and the Saint-Miter and Saint-Michel chapels, whose lands were gifts from the Marseilles Viscounts, were subordinate to the Saint-Victor abbey there .

In 1005 the place was mentioned as a "villa" (village), and in 1064 it was called "Castrum" (fortified hilltop settlement). Traces of a castle and a wooden fortification date from this period, which was marked by tensions between the church and the Marseilles Viscounts. In the 12th century a stone city wall was laid out, in 1210 a three-arched bridge over the Huveaune is documented.

At the beginning of the 14th century, landlord Bertrand II des Baux Aubagne granted limited autonomy. The formed ten men of the village council was u. a. responsible for the police, the judiciary, water, health and roads as well as the church services. During this time there was a brief period of growth and prosperity.

From 1343 Aubagne was drawn into a war to succeed Robert von Anjous , whose rightful heiress Johanna I had fled to Provence. In 1346 the church was given a tower that was supposed to serve as a watchtower . In 1357 the soldiers of Philip II of Taranto took the city and sacked it. Aubagne was struck by the plague for the first time in 1348, and repeatedly in the following years .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 21,211 27,938 33,595 38,561 41,100 42,588 44,682 45,290
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

traffic

Streets

Aubagne was on the national roads 8 (Aix-en-Provence-Marseille- Toulon ) and 96 ( Pont-de-l'Etoile - Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban ). Both have now been downgraded to department roads. Today the city is located within a street triangle formed by the A 50 , A52 , A 501 and A 502 motorways .

railroad

railway station

The city has a train station on the double-track electrified main line from Marseille to Ventimiglia . It was opened with the first section of this route from Marseille to Aubagne by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) on October 20, 1858. The following year, the line to Toulon went into operation. In 1868 a single-track branch line to Valdonne-Peypin was added, which was later extended to La Barque-Fuveau . Your planned continuation from the Aubagne train station to the north was not implemented. The line has not been used since 1967, but has not officially been closed.

A second train station in the city was Camp-Major on the main line to Marseille. It was closed in 1962.

Local transport

Cours du Maréchal-Foch with wagons from the first tram company, around 1917
Modern tram car in Aubagne
Clock tower

From 1905 there was a tram company with two lines in Aubagne . In 1950, the trains were partially replaced by buses and only ran during rush hour, in 1958 the last tram in the city for the time being.

In 2009 the construction of a new tram was prepared, which should become part of the free local transport . The first section between the Quartier du Charrel and the was opened on August 30, 2014. Further sections of the route should be added in stages by 2019, but after a change in the majority in the municipal council, the planning was stopped. After a political change in the regional government, at least the plan to extend the tram on the former Aubagne – La Barque line to La Bouilladisse was resumed in 2019 .

Local public transport is mainly financed by the “ Versement transport ” charge , which is levied by employers if they have more than nine employees.

Military and public administration

The headquarters of the French Foreign Legion are located in Aubagne .

In February 2009 the municipality decided that public transport in Aubagne should be free of charge in future.

Personalities

Aubagne is the hometown of the writer Marcel Pagnol , who also worked as a dramaturge and director. Many of his stories take place in the surrounding landscapes, for example in the Garlaban massif. Another famous son of the city is Alain Bernard , who was born in Aubagne in 1983. The record swimmer won u. a. at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven twice gold and at the Olympic Summer Games 2008 in Beijing gold, silver and bronze in various disciplines.

Web links

Commons : Aubagne  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Aubagne au fil des siècles at aubagne.fr, accessed on March 19, 2019
  2. Aubagne au Moyen-Âge: Une ville mystérieuse (PDF) at aubagne.fr, accessed on March 19, 2019
  3. RailBusiness Newsletter of September 2, 2014
  4. Blickpunkt Tram , 2/2019, p. 123
  5. ^ Foreign Legion in Aubagne . South France, December 13, 2014, accessed February 14, 2018.
  6. Jan-Niklas Jäger: Liberté, égalité, mobilité! (No longer available online.) Taz blogs , January 3, 2011, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 .