Le Tholonet
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence | |
| Canton | Pedal | |
| Community association | Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 31 ' N , 5 ° 31' E | |
| height | 150-350 m | |
| surface | 10.82 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,305 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 213 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 13100 | |
| INSEE code | 13109 | |
Le Tholonet is a French commune with 2305 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is located near Aix-en-Provence and the Montagne Sainte-Victoire mountains on the Cause River .
history
The French painter Paul Cézanne came here from 1897 and liked to visit the Bern restaurant in Le Tholonet, where he preferred duck with olives or daube , a Provencal ragout that he shared with friends such as the sculptor Philippe Solari took.
Cézanne occasionally rented a room in the lonely Château Noir (Black Castle) in order to search for motifs in the area. The castle and its surroundings show several paintings by Cézanne, 19 oil paintings and 20 watercolors.
Georges Duby , historian, is buried in Le Tholonet.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 720 | 953 | 1,137 | 1,186 | 2,004 | 2,259 | 2,232 | 2,344 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cézanne en Provence ( Memento of April 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). cezanne-en-provence.com, accessed September 21, 2012
