Tarascon
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Arles | |
| Canton | Châteaurenard | |
| Community association | Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 48 ′ N , 4 ° 40 ′ E | |
| height | 3–200 m | |
| surface | 73.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 14,813 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 200 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 13150 | |
| INSEE code | 13108 | |
| Website | www.tarascon.org | |
 Tarascon Castle on the banks of the Rhône |
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Tarascon (sometimes also called Tarascon-sur-Rhône ) is a French commune with 14,813 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region .
geography
The city in the south of France is located on the left bank of the Rhône , about 20 kilometers from Arles and Avignon . Beaucaire , another historic town, is located on the opposite west bank of the river from Tarascon .
To protect against the Rhône floods, a dike runs between the northeastern heights of the Montagnette near the Chapelle St. Victor and the river bank in the north of the city; The Chemin de la Digue runs along part of the dike .
history
The city was founded in 48 by the Romans. Tarascon also became known and famous for the legendary dragon , the Tarasque , which is said to have devoured travelers on the banks of the Rhône . The Saint Martha to banned him and then to stoning have shown to the residents. Before that the place is said to have been called Nerluc , which means something like "black place".
In the southeast of Tarascon is the district of Saint-Gabriel, the Roman Ernaginum , where the largest Gallo-Roman road junction was at that time . Here the Via Domitia met the Via Aurelia shortly before it crossed the Rhône , and its two routes - coming from the east (from Salon-de-Provence ) and from the south (from Arles ) - ended here.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 8637 | 10,584 | 10,365 | 10,735 | 10,628 | 12,640 | 13,376 | 14,813 |
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economy
Tarascon has eleven hotels, a youth hostel and two campsites for tourism . The production of olive oil from the valley of Les Baux-de-Provence has been protected by a controlled designation of origin ( Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée ) since 1997 . Today Tarascon is considered the gateway to the Alpilles , the limestone mountain range of southern Provence . The municipality is associated with the Alpilles Regional Nature Park as an access city.
traffic
Tarascon is connected to Beaucaire by a modern road bridge and by the Tarascon – Beaucaire railway bridge opened in 1852 , one of the oldest cast-iron railway bridges in France. In the south of the two cities, a bypass road with a cable-stayed bridge is led over the Rhône.
Community partnerships
Tarascon maintains partnerships with the German city of Elmshorn and with Villanueva de Sigena in Spain.
Attractions
- Tarascon Castle , completed around 1400
- St-Gabriel Chapel , 12th century
- Ste-Marthe Collegiate Church
- Maison de Tartarin , a museum on the history of the literary figure Tartarin de Tarascon (see #Literature below)
- Musée Soulaiado , a museum for cloths
literature
The place and its name found literary expression in Alphonse Daudet's novels Tartarin de Tarascon (1872), Tartarin sur les Alpes (1885) and Port-Tarascon (1890).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inao: Décret relatif à l'appellation d'origine contrôlée ( Memento of the original of September 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
