Saint-Paul-lès-Durance

Saint-Paul-lès-Durance (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl lɛ dyʁɑ̃s], literally Saint-Paul near Durance; also spelled Saint-Paul-lez-Durance; Provençal: Sant Pau de Durença) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in Provence, southern France.

Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Commune
The town hall
The town hall
Coat of arms of Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Saint-Paul-lès-Durance is located in France
Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Saint-Paul-lès-Durance is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Saint-Paul-lès-Durance
Coordinates: 43°41′16″N 5°42′30″E
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementAix-en-Provence
CantonTrets
IntercommunalityAix-Marseille-Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2021–2026) Romain Buchaut[1]
Area
1
45.81 km2 (17.69 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
891
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13099 /13115
Elevation230–519 m (755–1,703 ft)
(avg. 254 m or 833 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Cadarache research center for nuclear energy is located in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance and next to it the international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject ITER the most expensive building ever built and the largest scientific research collaboration in history.

The town was established in the 10th century[3] and has around 1,000 inhabitants, a school, a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aix, a 15th-century château, and a little shopping center.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793525—    
1800488−7.0%
1806470−3.7%
1821430−8.5%
1831512+19.1%
1836584+14.1%
1841565−3.3%
1846540−4.4%
1851527−2.4%
1856542+2.8%
1861540−0.4%
1866467−13.5%
1872453−3.0%
1876419−7.5%
1881382−8.8%
1886394+3.1%
1891339−14.0%
YearPop.±%
1896342+0.9%
1901295−13.7%
1906273−7.5%
1911266−2.6%
1921231−13.2%
1926244+5.6%
1931226−7.4%
1936274+21.2%
1946288+5.1%
1954260−9.7%
1962866+233.1%
1968503−41.9%
1975463−8.0%
1982461−0.4%
1990643+39.5%
1999789+22.7%
2008973+23.3%

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Daniel Mouton, "Les fortifications de terre de la Provence médiévale : l’exemple du bassin de la Durance moyenne", Bastides, bories, hameaux. L’habitat dispersé en Provence, Actes des 2e journées d’histoire régionale de Mouans-Sartoux, 15 et 16 mars 1985, Mouans-Sartoux, Centre régional de documentation occitane, 1986, p. 118
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