Meyrargues

Meyrargues
The main street of Meyrargues
Coat of arms
Meyrargues
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Meyrargues
Coordinates: 43°38′11″N 5°31′45″E / 43.6364°N 5.5292°ECoordinates: 43°38′11″N 5°31′45″E / 43.6364°N 5.5292°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Aix-en-Provence
Canton	Peyrolles-en-Provence
Intercommunality	Pays d'Aix
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Mireille Jouve
Area^1	41.67 km^2 (16.09 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	3,473
• Density	83/km^2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	13059 / 13650
Elevation	186–554 m (610–1,818 ft) (avg. 206 m or 676 ft)
^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.

Meyrargues is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	892	—
1800	829	−7.1%
1806	929	+12.1%
1821	962	+3.6%
1831	1,009	+4.9%
1836	1,030	+2.1%
1841	1,035	+0.5%
1846	1,125	+8.7%
1851	1,098	−2.4%
1856	1,020	−7.1%
1861	1,143	+12.1%
1866	1,354	+18.5%
1872	1,296	−4.3%
1876	1,117	−13.8%
1881	967	−13.4%
1886	880	−9.0%
1891	939	+6.7%
1896	1,005	+7.0%
1901	1,021	+1.6%
1906	953	−6.7%
1911	853	−10.5%
1921	772	−9.5%
1926	826	+7.0%
1931	879	+6.4%
1936	810	−7.8%
1946	935	+15.4%
1954	1,020	+9.1%
1962	1,535	+50.5%
1968	2,196	+43.1%
1975	2,222	+1.2%
1982	2,406	+8.3%
1990	2,814	+17.0%
1999	3,284	+16.7%
2008	3,473	+5.8%

Personalities

• Writer Joseph d'Arbaud was born in Meyrargues.
• Raouia Rouabhia - Algerian international volleyball player

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

• INSEE