Cabriès
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence | |
| Canton | Vitrolles | |
| Community association | Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 27 ' N , 5 ° 23' E | |
| height | 124-261 m | |
| surface | 36.55 km 2 | |
| Residents | 9,751 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 267 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 13480 | |
| INSEE code | 13019 | |
| Website | www.cabries.fr | |
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Cabriès is a French municipality with 9751 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .
geography
Cabriès is fifteen kilometers south of Aix-en-Provence . Neighboring towns are Gardanne in ten, Bouc-Bel-Air in six and Les Pennes-Mirabeau in eleven kilometers.
Cabriès consists of three main districts, and there are also some resettlements: In addition to the core town of Cabriès, Calas is another important village in the municipality. The district Plan-de-Campagne belongs to the municipality.
The neighboring municipalities of Cabriès are Aix-en-Provence in the north, Bouc-Bel-Air in the east, Septèmes-les-Vallons in the south, Les Pennes-Mirabeau in the southwest and Vitrolles in the west.
The community is connected to Marseille and Aix-en-Provence via the A51 .
history
The name of the place is probably derived from cabre , which is the Provencal word for goat. Large herds of goats were kept in the village until the last century. In the 9th and 10th centuries the place was called Castrum de Cabriera , then from 1098 Caprario , from 1204 Cabrer and finally it received its current name. The Ligurians settled in what is now the municipality, as did the Celts later. The Romans also settled here, as evidence shows. In Calas there was an important crossing of the Via Aurelia . When the migration of peoples began in the 5th century, people settled in the mountains. A castle was built there in the 9th century. The village on the plain was surrounded by high walls in the Middle Ages. In 1098, the Saint-Victor Abbey in Marseille became the owner of the local church. During the period up to the French Revolution, the place was owned by various lords. Cabriès suffered from the wars of religion, but was spared from the plague wave of 1720. In 1944 there was a US Army camp near Cabriès. In 1976 the community bought the castle, which had belonged to an artist since 1934.
Attractions
- 9th century castle
- Castle chapel from the 18th century
- 19th century church of Calas
- Trébillanne Castle from the 12th century
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1614 | 2109 | 3328 | 6120 | 7720 | 7890 | 8182 | 9708 |
