Vitrolles (; oc, Vitròla) is a commune 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 ...

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in the

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in southern

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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 Fra ...

. It is the largest

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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, 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

References

External links

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

Population

Twin towns – sister cities

Administration

See also

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