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Puyloubier (; oc, Pueglobier) is a
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in the
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department in southern
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. In Puyloubier can be found the '' Institution des invalides de la Légion étrangère'' which is a retirement home for former members of the
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.http://www.legion-boutique.com/
- http://www.puyloubier.com/


Population


Personalities linked to the commune

* Servin de Puyloubier,
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and
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, massacred by the
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. * Jacques Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 1 May 1680, died in Paris on 10 August 1754. * Jean-Baptiste Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 17 April 1720, nephew of Jacques Rigaud. * Rosalie Margalet, mother of the poet Victor Gélu, costumier, born in Puyloubier on 3 April 1770, died on 7 March 1854. * Jean Planque, painter and collector of Swiss art, stayed here between 1948 and 1951. * Francis Méano, international footballer, born in Puyloubier on 22 May 1931, died in a car accident near Reims on 26 June 1953. * Pierre-Paul Jeanpierre, colonel in the Foreign Légion, killed in combat in 1958 near Guelma (Algeria,) interred in the ''carré des légionnaires'' in Puyloubier cemetery. * Yvonne Gamy, actress, born Marseille on 10 June 1904, died in Marseille on 10 February 1997, was a longtime resident of Puyloubier.


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