Les Pennes-Mirabeau
| Les Pennes-Mirabeau | ||
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  Les Pennes-Mirabeau | ||
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Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Les Pennes-Mirabeau | ||
| Coordinates: 43°24′38″N 5°18′37″E / 43.4106°N 5.3103°ECoordinates: 43°24′38″N 5°18′37″E / 43.4106°N 5.3103°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence | |
| Canton | Les Pennes-Mirabeau | |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Aix | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Michel Amiel | |
| Area1 | 33.66 km2 (13.00 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 20,187 | |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13071 / 13170 | |
| Elevation |
56–287 m (184–942 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Les Pennes-Mirabeau is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. In may, every year, a medieval festival attracts tens of thousands people.[1]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 862 | — |
| 1800 | 908 | +5.3% |
| 1806 | 1,212 | +33.5% |
| 1821 | 1,316 | +8.6% |
| 1831 | 1,680 | +27.7% |
| 1836 | 1,626 | −3.2% |
| 1841 | 1,717 | +5.6% |
| 1846 | 1,939 | +12.9% |
| 1851 | 1,945 | +0.3% |
| 1856 | 1,935 | −0.5% |
| 1861 | 1,960 | +1.3% |
| 1866 | 2,026 | +3.4% |
| 1872 | 2,000 | −1.3% |
| 1876 | 2,015 | +0.8% |
| 1881 | 1,918 | −4.8% |
| 1886 | 1,971 | +2.8% |
| 1891 | 2,001 | +1.5% |
| 1896 | 1,992 | −0.4% |
| 1901 | 1,997 | +0.3% |
| 1906 | 2,117 | +6.0% |
| 1911 | 2,355 | +11.2% |
| 1921 | 2,578 | +9.5% |
| 1926 | 3,181 | +23.4% |
| 1931 | 4,270 | +34.2% |
| 1936 | 4,866 | +14.0% |
| 1946 | 5,601 | +15.1% |
| 1954 | 7,097 | +26.7% |
| 1962 | 7,615 | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 10,146 | +33.2% |
| 1975 | 14,839 | +46.3% |
| 1982 | 15,691 | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 18,599 | +18.5% |
| 1999 | 19,041 | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 20,187 | +6.0% |
Twin towns – Sister cities
Les Pennes-Mirabeau is twinned with:
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Martuni, Nagorno-Karabakh:[2] Les Pennes-Mirabeau and Khojavend became sister cities on 11 June 2013.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.laprovence.com/article/edition-marseille/2348994/40-000-visiteurs-attendus-ce-week-end-au-festival-medieval.html
- ↑ President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Repoublic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan received on Wednesday a delegation of the French Les Pennes-Mirabeau city headed by its mayor Michel Amiel
- ↑ Les Pennes-Mirabeau and Martuni became sister cities
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