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Venelles (; oc, Venèla) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in 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 ...
department in southern
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near Aix-en-Provence. The current mayor is Arnaud Mercier.


History

In 15 BC, there was a
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settlement there. It was then destroyed by the
Lombards The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the '' History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 an ...
in 574 AD, and again in the 11th century by the
Saracen upright 1.5, Late 15th-century German woodcut depicting Saracens Saracen ( ) was a term used in the early centuries, both in Greek and Latin writings, to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Pe ...
s. In the 15th century, the land was finally re-settled. In 1530 there were seven houses, by 1728 there were 30, in 1765 there were 124 and in 1820 there were 211. In 1865 a railway was built, followed by a school in 1882. On 11 June 1909, an earthquake destroyed many houses.


Population


See also

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Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department The following is a list of the 119 communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official website
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