Puyloubier
Puyloubier | ||
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Commune | ||
Foreign Legion invalid home | ||
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Puyloubier Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Puyloubier | ||
Coordinates: 43°31′33″N 5°40′12″E / 43.5258°N 5.67°ECoordinates: 43°31′33″N 5°40′12″E / 43.5258°N 5.67°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
Department | Bouches-du-Rhône | |
Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence | |
Canton | Trets | |
Intercommunality | Aix-Marseille-Provence | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Frédéric Guiniéri | |
Area1 | 40.85 km2 (15.77 sq mi) | |
Population (2014)2 | 1,817 | |
• Density | 44/km2 (120/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 13079 /13114 | |
Elevation |
239–1,007 m (784–3,304 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Puyloubier is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
In Puyloubier can be found the Institution des invalides de la Légion étrangère which is a retirement home for former members of the French Foreign Legion.[1]
Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1793 | 1,024 | — |
1800 | 970 | −5.3% |
1806 | 780 | −19.6% |
1821 | 884 | +13.3% |
1831 | 1,036 | +17.2% |
1836 | 947 | −8.6% |
1841 | 900 | −5.0% |
1846 | 905 | +0.6% |
1851 | 922 | +1.9% |
1856 | 873 | −5.3% |
1861 | 973 | +11.5% |
1866 | 995 | +2.3% |
1872 | 924 | −7.1% |
1876 | 828 | −10.4% |
1881 | 668 | −19.3% |
1886 | 566 | −15.3% |
1891 | 541 | −4.4% |
1896 | 547 | +1.1% |
1901 | 603 | +10.2% |
1906 | 539 | −10.6% |
1911 | 530 | −1.7% |
1921 | 475 | −10.4% |
1926 | 527 | +10.9% |
1931 | 544 | +3.2% |
1936 | 567 | +4.2% |
1946 | 557 | −1.8% |
1954 | 527 | −5.4% |
1962 | 630 | +19.5% |
1968 | 692 | +9.8% |
1975 | 798 | +15.3% |
1982 | 1,121 | +40.5% |
1990 | 1,317 | +17.5% |
1999 | 1,475 | +12.0% |
2006 | 1,671 | +13.3% |
2011 | 1,845 | +10.4% |
2014 | 1,817 | −1.5% |
Personalities linked to the commune
- Servin de Puyloubier, hermit and martyr, massacred by the Visigoths.
- Jacques Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 1 May 1680, died in Paris on 10 August 1754.
- Jean-Baptiste Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 17 April 1720, nephew of Jacques Rigaud.
- Rosalie Margalet, mother of the poet Victor Gélu, costumier, born in Puyloubier on 3 April 1770, died on 7 March 1854.
- Jean Planque, painter and collector of Swiss art, stayed here between 1948 and 1951.
- Francis Méano, international footballer, born in Puyloubier on 22 May 1931, died in a car accident near Reims on 26 June 1953.
- Pierre-Paul Jeanpierre, colonel in the Foreign Légion, killed in combat in 1958 near Guelma (Algeria,) interred in the carré des légionnaires in Puyloubier cemetery.
- Yvonne Gamy, actress, born Marseille on 10 June 1904, died in Marseille on 10 February 1997, was a longtime resident of Puyloubier.
See also
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