Maillane
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Arles | |
| Canton | Châteaurenard | |
| Community association | Terre de Provence | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 50 ' N , 4 ° 47' E | |
| height | 7-17 m | |
| surface | 16.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,582 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 154 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 13910 | |
| INSEE code | 13052 | |
Maillane is a municipality with 2582 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in southern France in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in Arrondissement Arles in the canton of Saint-Remy-de-Provence . The municipality is part of the Terre de Provence municipal association .
Geographical location
The place is located 15 kilometers south of Avignon , seven kilometers northwest of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and three kilometers southeast of Graveson northwest of the Alpilles mountain range . It is 60 kilometers to the beaches of the Camargue or the Côte Bleue .
history
When cholera raged in Provence in 1854 , residents of the village undertook a procession in honor of the Virgin Mary on August 18 . Then the epidemic came to an end. Since then, a procession has taken place every year, during which the statue “Notre Dame de Grâce” is carried in memory of the miracle around the village.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1354 | 1472 | 1430 | 1571 | 1664 | 1884 | 2283 | 2582 |
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coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms : The silver majuscules JHS are set in red with a silver cross in the middle and five silver passion nails are hammered into the base of the shield .
The letters are interpreted as "Jesus hominum Salvator", ie "Jesus, savior of men".
Attractions
- Parish church of Sainte- Agathe ; 13th century, expanded in the 17th century
- Frédéric Mistral Museum
- Tombeau de Mistral (in the cemetery), a copy of the tomb of Jeanne Reine in Les Baux-de-Provence
- Maison du Lézard (F. Mistral's house, near the museum, now library and tourist office; with sundial from 1903)
Personalities
- Frédéric Mistral (1830–1914), winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize for Literature , born here
- The Provencal noble family Les Porcellets
