La Roque-d'Anthéron
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La Roque-d'Anthéron | |
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![]() Silvacane Abbey in La Roque-d'Anthéron | |
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Coordinates: 43°42′56″N 5°18′41″E / 43.7156°N 5.3114°ECoordinates: 43°42′56″N 5°18′41″E / 43.7156°N 5.3114°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence |
Canton | Pélissanne |
Intercommunality | Aix-Marseille-Provence |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Serrus[1] |
Area 1 | 25.49 km2 (9.84 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 5,441 |
• Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 13084 /13640 |
Elevation | 128–484 m (420–1,588 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Roque-d'Anthéron (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔk dɑ̃teʁɔ̃]; Occitan: La Ròca d'Antarron) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Silvacane Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery, is located near La Roque-d'Anthéron.
Cited in 1037 under the name of Roca, the village then had a varying etymology being named La Rocca d'An Tarron (in 1200), Roccha Tarroni (in 1274) and then Rocca d'en Tarron.
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- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
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