Vitrolles (; oc, Vitròla) is a
commune
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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 large ...
département
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in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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region
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in southern
France
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, located about 20.6 km (12.8 mi) from
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
. It is the largest
suburb
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of the city 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. ...
and is adjacent to its southwest side.
Population
Twin towns – sister cities
Vitrolles is
twinned with:
*
Mörfelden-Walldorf
Mörfelden-Walldorf is a town in the Groß-Gerau district, situated in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region in the federal state (Bundesland) Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Mörfelden-Walldorf is situated within a triangle formed by the South He ...
, Germany
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
*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
*
Charlie Jazz Festival 250px, The main stage under plane trees
The Charlie Jazz Festival is an annual music festival held every summer in Vitrolles, Provence, France. It was established in 1998 by ''Charlie Free'', a not-for-profit jazz organization which runs jazz sess ...
*
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):[Étang de Berre
The Étang de Berre (in Provençal Occitan: ''estanh de Bèrra / mar de Bèrra'' according to classical orthography, ''estang de Berro / mar de Berro'' according to Mistralian orthography) is a brackish water lagoon on the Mediterranean coast o ...]
References
External links
Official website
Communes of Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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