Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
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Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône is a commune
in the Bouches-du-Rhône
department in southern France
.
and Fos-sur-Mer
on which its history is dependent. The Saint-Louis channel was dug in 1871. The Parish was established in 1886.
at the mouth of the Rhône River
, and includes many parks, large avenues and large farmhouses known as camarguais.
The town has three popular beaches: Napoleon beach, Olga beach, and Carteau beach.
There are many marshes and cultivated plans nearby, and vast salt-water marshes of the Camargue
swamp.
Local wildlife includes herds of wild horses and pink flamingos being in the marshes.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhône River. It is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its INSEE and postal code is 13.-History of the department:...
department in southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
History
The commune was created in 1904 from ArlesArles
Arles is a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence....
and Fos-sur-Mer
Fos-sur-Mer
Fos-sur-Mer is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.-Geography:Fos-sur-Mer is situated about north west of Marseille, on the Mediterranean coast, and to the west of the Étang de Berre. The city has of sand beach.-Population:...
on which its history is dependent. The Saint-Louis channel was dug in 1871. The Parish was established in 1886.
Population
Features
Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône is an industrial town and port annex of MarseilleMarseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
at the mouth of the Rhône River
Rhône River
The Rhone is one of the major rivers of Europe, rising in Switzerland and running from there through southeastern France. At Arles, near its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, the river divides into two branches, known as the Great Rhone and the Little Rhone...
, and includes many parks, large avenues and large farmhouses known as camarguais.
The town has three popular beaches: Napoleon beach, Olga beach, and Carteau beach.
There are many marshes and cultivated plans nearby, and vast salt-water marshes of the Camargue
Camargue
The Camargue is the region located south of Arles, France, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône River delta. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhône; the western one is the Petit Rhône....
swamp.
Local wildlife includes herds of wild horses and pink flamingos being in the marshes.
Industry
The Camargue produces primarily salt and mineral oil. There are also petrochemical factories and grain mills.Activities
- Market: Wednesday.
- Fair: at the beginning of August.
- Local festival: third Sunday of July (bullfight, folklore, tournaments).
- Celebrates districts: in June, for Saint-Louis.
- Attractions taurines: in summer.
- Rhone beach: school of veil, KitesurfingKitesurfingKitesurfing or Kiteboarding is an adventure surface water sport that has been described as combining wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, and gymnastics into one extreme sport. Kitesurfing harnesses the power of the wind to propel a rider across the water on a small surfboard or a...
school (Carteau beach), boating and yacht club, sea fishing, horseriding - Camping