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Cornillon-Confoux (; oc, Cornilhon e Conforç) is a commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône
department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It belongs to the West Provence territory of the metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence.


Culture

Adjacent to the church are three statues of very different women: the Victory of Ikaria, a sculpture by Polish artist Igor Mitoraj, inaugurated at the end of 2007; a Our Lady of Expectation ( Virgin Mary pregnant) from 1865; and a Marianne, symbol of the
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. File:Vierge enceinte de Cornillon, profil.jpg, Maria gravida File:Fontaine à Cornillon-Confoux.jpg, Marianne There are many traditional French ''bories'' (stone shelters) located within the village and surrounding area, and a quite important apiary wall. File:Borie et mur de pierre sèche à Cornillon-Confoux.jpg File:Borie avec arc de déchargement à Cornillon-Confoux.jpg File:Borie avec triangle de déchargement à Cornillon-Confoux.jpg File:Apier à Confoux 1.jpg


Politics


Mayors


Notable people

* Igor Mitoraj (1944–2014), sculptor * Francisque Teyssier (born 1969), cyclist *
Mathilde Gros Mathilde Gros (born 24 October 1999) is a French racing cyclist. She rode in the women's sprint event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycl ...
(born 1999), cyclist * Paul Gros (1920–2013) historian and poet


Population

The inhabitants of the Cornillon-Confoux are called the Cornillonnais.


Climate


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):Communes of Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{BouchesRhône-geo-stub