Paradou

Paradou
Town hall Town hall
Coat of arms of Paradou Coat of arms
Paradou
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Paradou
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Intercommunality	Vallée des Baux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Hilaire Seyverac
Area1	16.15 km2 (6.24 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	1,638
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	13068 / 13520
Elevation	0–162 m (0–531 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.

Paradou (also: Le Paradou; Occitan Lo Parador) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	488	—
1806	456	−6.6%
1821	627	+37.5%
1831	617	−1.6%
1836	631	+2.3%
1841	650	+3.0%
1846	672	+3.4%
1851	669	−0.4%
1856	710	+6.1%
1861	782	+10.1%
1866	801	+2.4%
1872	713	−11.0%
1876	720	+1.0%
1881	678	−5.8%
1886	662	−2.4%
1891	583	−11.9%
1896	616	+5.7%
1901	605	−1.8%
1906	580	−4.1%
1911	622	+7.2%
1921	576	−7.4%
1926	510	−11.5%
1931	547	+7.3%
1936	520	−4.9%
1946	511	−1.7%
1954	516	+1.0%
1962	532	+3.1%
1968	526	−1.1%
1975	640	+21.7%
1982	809	+26.4%
1990	926	+14.5%
1999	1,162	+25.5%
2008	1,290	+11.0%

See also

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

File:Paradou apse.JPG

Apses of the Church

References

• INSEE