Vitrolles, Bouches-du-Rhône
Encyclopedia
Vitrolles is a commune
in the Bouches-du-Rhône
département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
region
in southern France
. It is the largest suburb
of the city of Aix-en-Provence
and is adjacent to its southwest side.
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:...
département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA is one of the 27 regions of France.It is made up of:* the former French province of Provence* the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
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...
. It is the largest suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of the city of Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence
Aix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...
and is adjacent to its southwest side.
Population
Administration
List of mayors of Vitrolles:- 1800-1808 : Paul Gueidon
- 1808-1812 : Pierre Joseph Gabriel Bertrand
- 1813-1817 : Louis Barrigue de Monvalon
- 1817-1823 : Jacques Pierre Hilarion Audibert
- 1824-1830 : Louis Martin
- 1830-1831 : Honoré-Etienne Emery
- 1831-1837 : Hyppolite Baret
- 1837-1842 : André Guilhen
- 1842-1844 : Joseph Constant aka. Constant le riche
- 1844-1846 : Barthélemy Bontoux
- 1847-1848 : Jean-Etienne Bonsignour
- 1848-1848 : Casimir Berard
- 1848-1850 : Jean-Joseph Audibert
- 1850-1850 : Louis Faren
- 1850-1863 : Honoré Lataud
- 1863-1865 : Jean-Pierre Christophe
- 1865-1867 : Jules Aimard
- 1867-1870 : Jean Antoine Audibert
- 1870-1874 : François Hilaire Touche
- 1874-1878 : Lucien Sauvat
- 1878-1892 : François Hilaire Touche
- 1892-1908 : Vital Rouard
- 1908-1912 : Pierre Gustave Constant
- 1912-1925 : Cyprien Touche
- 1825-1944 : Jules Guibaud
- 1944-1954 : Henri Loubet
- 1954-1966 : Victor Martin
- 1966-1977 : Henri Bremond
- 1977-1983 : Pierre Scelles
- 1983-1997 : Jean-Jacques Anglade
- 1997-2002 : Catherine Mégret
- 2002-2009 : Guy Obino
See also
- Étang de BerreÉtang de BerreThe Étang de Berre is a body of water adjacent to the Mediterranean, about 25km north-west of Marseille.-Geography:Created by the rise in water levels at the end of the last ice age, this small inland sea is composed of...
- Charlie Jazz FestivalCharlie Jazz Festivalthumb|250px|right|The main stage under plane treesThe Charlie Jazz Festival is an annual music festival held every summer in Vitrolles, Provence, France...
- Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department