Bouches-du-Rhône department
Bouches-du-Rhône | |
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region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
prefecture | Marseille |
Sub-prefecture (s) |
Aix-en-Provence Arles Istres |
Residents | 2,024,162 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 398 inhabitants per km² |
surface | 5,089.52 km² |
Arrondissements | 4th |
Community associations | 4th |
Cantons | 29 |
Communities | 119 |
President of the Department Council |
Jean-Noël Guérini |
ISO-3166-2 code | FR-13 |
Location of Bouches-du-Rhône in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
The Bouches-du-Rhône department ([ buʃdyʀoːn ] to, French bouche "mouth") is the French department with the atomic number 13. It is in the southeast of the country in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . The prefecture is Marseille , sub-prefectures are Aix-en-Provence , Arles and Istres .
geography
The department is located in Provence on the Mediterranean Sea and has a total of 280 kilometers of coastline. This is divided from east to west into the Côte d'Azur , the Côte Bleue and the Côte camarguaise . The department is bordered by the Gard departments to the west, Vaucluse to the north and Var to the east. In the south-west of the department near Arles are the Camargue and Crau landscapes , which are barely populated, as well as the small mountains of the Alpilles .
coat of arms
Description: In gold, a blue cap piece with a golden lily in the middle and a three-leg red tournament collar on the head of the shield .
population
A total of 2,024,162 people lived in the department on January 1, 2017. They are called Bucco-Rhodaniens referred . A large part of the population lives in and around the prefecture of Marseille . In 2008, more than 10,000 people lived in 28 of the 119 parishes.
local community | Population (January 1, 2017) |
|
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1 | Marseille | 863.310 |
2 | Aix-en-Provence | 142,482 |
3 | Arles | 52,548 |
4th | Martigues | 48,188 |
5 | Aubagne | 46.209 |
6th | Salon-de-Provence | 45,528 |
7th | Istres | 43,133 |
8th | La Ciotat | 35,174 |
9 | Vitrolles | 33,310 |
10 | Marignans | 32,920 |
11 | Miramas | 26,470 |
12 | Les Pennes-Mirabeau | 21,046 |
13 | Allauch | 21,187 |
14th | Gardanne | 20,794 |
15th | Port-de-Bouc | 16,516 |
16 | Fos-sur-Mer | 15,494 |
17th | Châteaurenard | 15,814 |
18th | Tarascon | 14,813 |
19th | Bouc-Bel-Air | 14,654 |
20th | Berre-l'Étang | 13,472 |
Administrative division
Arrondissement | Cantons | Communities | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aix-en-Provence | 10 | 47 | 450,801 | 1,659.71 | 272 | 131 |
Arles | 4th | 29 | 172.085 | 2,031.51 | 85 | 132 |
Istres | 7th | 21st | 327.881 | 715.13 | 458 | 134 |
Marseille | 16 | 21st | 1,073,395 | 683.17 | 1,571 | 133 |
Bouches-du-Rhône department | 29 | 119 | 2,024,162 | 5,089.52 | 398 | 13 |
See also:
- List of communes in the Bouches-du-Rhône department
- List of cantons in the Bouches-du-Rhône department
- List of associations of municipalities in the Bouches-du-Rhône department
traffic
Marseille Airport is located in the department .
media
The radio station France Bleu Provence broadcasts in the Bouches-du-Rhône and Var departments.
climate
Measurement station: Marseille-Marignane
Maritime climate data | Jan. | February | March | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Mean maximum temperature | 11 | 13 | 15th | 18th | 22nd | 26th | 30th | 29 | 25th | 20th | 15th | 12 |
Medium low temperature | 3 | 4th | 6th | 9 | 13 | 16 | 19th | 19th | 16 | 12 | 7th | 4th |
Number of very sunny days | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8th | 7th | 10 |
Number of days with an overcast sky | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8th | 9 | 10 |
Number of rainy days | 6th | 6th | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 6th | 5 | 6th |
Rainfall in mm | 45 | 55 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 32 | 14th | 25th | 57 | 85 | 55 | 63 |
Water temperature near the coast | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 16 | 19th | 22nd | 22nd | 21st | 19th | 17th | 14th |
Days per year with
- Rainfalls over 1 mm: 57
- Frost: 30
- First frost: November 19th
- Last frost: March 11th
- Snow: 2
- Thunderstorm: 20
- Hail: 1
At Mistral , the water temperature can be up to 5 degrees lower.
As of 1991
Web links
- General Council of the Départments des Départments Bouches-du-Rhône (French)
- Prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône (French)
- Climate data Marseille-Marignane 1971–2000 (French; PDF file; 119 kB)
- List of Franco-German town twinning in the Bouches-du-Rhône (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.cg13.fr/cg-13/institution/le-president-du-conseil-general/ accessed on March 27, 2013
- ^ Website of the General Council - Water in the Département
- ↑ Climate data from: Jean-Noël Darde, Plages et côtes de France, Éditions Balland, Paris 1991
Coordinates: 43 ° 29 ' N , 5 ° 24' E