Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône

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Fontvieille
Commune
Alphonse Daudet's windmill
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°43′40″N 4°42′35″E / 43.7278°N 4.7097°E / 43.7278; 4.7097Coordinates: 43°43′40″N 4°42′35″E / 43.7278°N 4.7097°E / 43.7278; 4.7097
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Salon-de-Provence-1
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Garnier
Area 1	40.18 km2 (15.51 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	3,568
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13038 /13990
Elevation	0–245 m (0–804 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fontvieille (French pronunciation: ​[fɔ̃vjɛj]; Occitan: Fòntvielha) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

History[]

The commune was created in 1790, out of the territory of Arles.

The Occitan language poet Brémonde de Tarascon (1858–98) grew up on the Darbousille farm at Fontvieille, where she died.^[2]

Population[]

Sights[]

• Alphonse Daudet's windmill
• Barbegal aqueduct and mill, a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune

Twin towns[]

Fontvieille is twinned with Santa Maria a Monte, Italy, since 1991.

See also[]

• Alpilles
• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References[]

External links[]

• Tourist office website
• Pictures of Fontvieille

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