Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
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 ° 47 ' N , 4 ° 50' E Coordinates: 43 ° 47 ' N , 4 ° 50' E
height	7-392 m
surface	89.09 km 2
Residents	9,893 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	111 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	13210
INSEE code	13100
Website	www.mairie-saintremydeprovence.fr
	; Town hall square in Saint-Rémy

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is a French town with 9893 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Bouches-du-Rhône in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Arles and is the capital of the canton of the same name .

geography

The southern French city is located on the Alpilles mountain range , about ten kilometers north of Les Baux-de-Provence between Avignon ( 20 km north), Cavaillon ( 19 km east), Arles ( 25 km south-west) and Tarascon ( 13 km west). The municipality is part of the Alpilles Regional Nature Park .

history

By the Treaty of Péronne , signed on July 8, 1641 , which forbade any French interference in the government or justice of Monaco , Saint Remy was given to the Grimaldi family to thank the Prince of Monaco for driving the Spaniards out of the region. To compensate for areas confiscated in Spain, the Grimaldi received four fiefs in France, including Saint Remy and Les Baux.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	7582	8044	7923	8402	9340	9806	10,203	9612
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

coat of arms

Description of the coat of arms : In gold, four red posts under a blue shield head , in which three golden lilies set in bars .

Parish partnership

Since 1997, a community partnership with the Italian community Bientina in Tuscany .

Attractions

On the southern edge, in the direction of Maussane-les-Alpilles , are the Julier mausoleum, the " Triumphal Arch " and the ruins of the Roman city of Glanum .

Personalities

Nostradamus (1503–1566), pharmacist and doctor, was born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch painter, was treated in the psychiatric clinic of the local monastery of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in 1889/90 . A number of paintings were created during this period, including the famous Starry Night . Other paintings such as The Madhouse Garden in Saint-Rémy show the sanatorium in which Vincent van Gogh lived.
Marie Mauron (1896–1986), French author and author of numerous novels and writings on the cultural heritage of Provence , lived and worked in her Mas d'Angirany in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Alice Miller (1923-2010), Swiss author and childhood researcher, spent the last years of her life in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Marco Richterich (1929–1997), Swiss painter, lived and worked from 1952 in Saint-Rémy.
Pierre Bergé (1930–2017), French entrepreneur and patron, lived and died in Saint-Rémy.
Caroline von Hannover (* 1957), Princess of Monaco, lives with her children in Saint-Rémy.

Triumphal arch of the destroyed Roman city of Glanum with the Julier mausoleum next to it

Nostradamus Fountain

Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, painted in Saint-Rémy in 1889

Web links

Commons : Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ La France et Monaco. Notice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, accessed November 25, 2012 (French).

[1] La France et Monaco. Notice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, accessed November 25, 2012 (French).