Paradou
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Arles | |
| Canton | Salon-de-Provence-1 | |
| Community association | Vallée des Baux-Alpilles | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 43 ' N , 4 ° 47' E | |
| height | 0-162 m | |
| surface | 16.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,023 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 125 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 13520 | |
| INSEE code | 13068 | |
 Mairie Paradou |
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Paradou is a municipality with 2023 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the south of France in the Bouches-du-Rhône (13) department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . The name comes from a local name for water mills with which weavers used the Arcoule river for themselves.
geography
It is located on the Alpilles mountain range , below Les Baux-de-Provence , east of Arles and just a little west of Maussane-les-Alpilles . The municipality is part of the Alpilles Regional Nature Park .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 532 | 526 | 640 | 809 | 926 | 1,162 | 1,277 | 1,979 |
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Web links
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