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 ...
France
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. It is near
Coudoux
Coudoux (; oc, Codoç) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
Location
It is away from Aix-en-Provence, away from Salon-de-Provence, and nearly away from Marseille. As for villages, it is away from Velaux, ...
and
Ventabren
Ventabren () is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
Location
It is close to Aix-en-Provence, and only away from Coudoux and Velaux.
History
The villages dates back to 920-940 AD, when Guillaume I, Count of Pr ...
.
Velaux is an old Provençal village set on a hill overlooking the high plains of the inland west side of
Aix
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Places Belgiu ...
. It is located in the middle of the Aix-Marseille-Salon region and surrounded by greenery and hills of vines. Velaux is in the countryside while being close to major urban centers in the region.
Population
Sights
*Église paroissiale
*Tour-musée de Velaux
*Moulin Segneurial
*Le site archéologique de Roquepertuse
*Ciné-club (CCDV)
Sport
The local
football
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club in Velaux is called US Velaux. It was founded in 1961, and the senior men's team competes in the tenth tier of
French football
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