Blason ville fr Luynes (Bouches du Rhônes)

Luynes () is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

of the

Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and large ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...

'' in southern

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. It is located 4 km south of

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

at the intersection of the D7 and N8 roads. The village is perhaps best known for its prison and for its three international schools. The ''Nécropole Nationale de Luynes'' is also located nearby. Luynes is bordered by the Massif du Montaiguet, which expands to Gardanne and Aix en Provence. It comprises chalky plateaux bordered by cliffs, forests of pines and oaks, and crops areas. In 1979 and 2005 the area was devastated by bush fires. Following these incidents, garrigue is now covering a wide area.

Education

The private school Saint François d’assise is in Luynes. *

International Bilingual School of Provence The International Bilingual School of Provence (founded in 1984) is a mixed day and boarding school situated in Luynes on the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a c ...

Lycée International Georges Duby Lycée International Georges Duby is a non fee-paying state high school in southern France, which prepares students for the French Baccalauréat. Students in the main section of the Lycée are drawn from the residential areas of the southern subur ...

Sport and Leisure

In June 2011

Zinédine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the mos ...

inaugurate his futsal sport complex: Z5. Z5 is also home to the gym Arène Aix.

Prison

Bernard Tapie Bernard Roger Tapie (; 26 January 1943 – 3 October 2021) was a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. He was Minister of City Affairs in the government of Pierre Bérégovoy. Life and career Tapie was bor ...

was incarcerated in this prison for 165 days in 1997 following the VA-OM matter.

References

External links

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