Meyrargues

Meyrargues
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 ° 38 ' N , 5 ° 32' E Coordinates: 43 ° 38 ' N , 5 ° 32' E
height	186-554 m
surface	41.67 km 2
Residents	3,804 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	91 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	13650
INSEE code	13059
Website	www.meyrargues.fr
	; Street scene in Meyrargues

Meyrargues ( Provence Mairarga ) is a French municipality with 3804 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône of the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .

geography

The municipality is located twelve kilometers north of Aix-en-Provence on the railway line to Pertuis. Neighboring municipalities are Peyrolles-en-Provence , Venelles and Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade . Meyrargues lies in the hinterland of the Durance .

history

Nearby, the Romans built an aqueduct to supply water to the city of Aquae Sextiaie (now Aix-en-Provence). Apparently there was a base near Meyrargues where a garrison was stationed. A castle was built as early as the tenth or eleventh century and the lord of Les-Baux-de-Provence was its lord . In 1308 the castle served as a prison for 27 Knights Templar. Between 1532 and 1540 the local church was expanded. In 1737 it collapsed and was rebuilt. In 1868 the Minister of Art donated a statue of St. Catherine of Siena.

Surname

It is controversial whether the name is derived from Marie-Agger , which means something like "Camp des Marius" (Roman general who conquered the region), or whether the name comes from the lord of the village. The latter is more likely, as it was common practice to name villages after their owner.

Attractions

Castle from the 10th or 11th century
Saint-Sébastien Chapel

Mother of God Chapel

Ruins of the Roman aqueduct

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2017
Residents	1525	2196	2222	2406	2814	3284	3473	3804

traffic

Road traffic

Since the 19th century the Route Imperiale No. 115 from Toulon to Sisteron through the village. From 1824 the road in the Meyrargues area was referred to as Route nationale 96 . In 1964 a bypass was built. In 2006 the road was downgraded to the D96 department road. The D96 in the direction of Venelles provides the connection to the Meyrargues motorway junction of the A51 autoroute , which is about 11 km away , which was opened in 1984 as part of the Route nationale 296 towards Aix-en-Provence .

Another supraregional road connection is the department road D 561, which leads from here in a westerly direction via Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade and Charleval to Mallemort .

Rail transport

Meyrargues station is on the Lyon – Grenoble – Marseille line. It was commissioned by the PLM with the section from Pertuis to Aix-en-Provence in 1872. Today the station is served by local trains operated by SNCF. There are direct TER train connections to Sisteron, Pertuis, Marseille-St. Charles, Briançon and Gap.

In 1882 the Compagnie des chemins de fer régionaux des Bouches-du-Rhône (from 1913 Régie départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône) built a standard-gauge branch line from Meyrargues to Eyguières , where there was a connection to the Fontvieille-Salon-de-Provence line . Traffic on this route ceased in 1950.

From 1889 to 1950 Meyrargues was the terminus of the meter-gauge railway Nice – Grasse – Dragugnian – Meyrargues . The station of the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Sud de la France (from 1925 Chemins de fer de Provence ) was opened in 1889 with the Dragugnian – Meyrargues section. From 1892, non- stop trains ran to Nice for a few years , later the trains from Meyrargues ended in Dragugnian. The continuous connection to Nice was interrupted in 1944 when several viaducts were blown up. The remaining traffic towards Dragugnian – Tanneron ended in January 1950.

The railway site lies in a north-westerly direction approx. 1.5 km outside the town center and is connected to it via the D96.

Web links

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