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, ...
Southern France
Southern France, also known as the South of France or colloquially in French language, French as , is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, ''Le midi ...
. It is a seaside resort west of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue, reached via motorway A55 then route D5, at the foot of pine-covered hills. In 2019, it had a population of 5,690. It is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.
Every February, ''Les Oursinades'' festival takes place, celebrating the consumption of
sea urchin
Sea urchins () are spiny, globular echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species of sea urchin live on the seabed of every ocean and inhabit every depth zone from the intertidal seashore down to . The spherical, hard shells (tests) of ...
s, various shellfish and other seafood.
Transport
Carry-le-Rouet is served by the Carry-le-Rouet
TER PACA
Ter or TER may refer to:
Places
* River Ter, in Essex, England
* Ter (river), in Catalonia
* Ter (department), a region in France
* Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy
* Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob S ...
railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas–L'Estaque railway.
Carry-le-Rouet gare.jpg, TER PACA service at Carry-le-Rouet station in 2010
Gare de Carry-le-Rouet 20180812 05.jpg, Station building
Demographics
Personalities
*Comic actor Fernandel, who built his family's house above the beach in the 1930s.
*The singer Nina Simone, who lived out the last years of her life in Carry-le-Rouet and died at her home in 2003.
Sister cities
*
Dietmannsried
Dietmannsried is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.
Sister cities
* Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western ...
