Maussane-les-Alpilles

Maussane-les-Alpilles
Sainte-Croix church Sainte-Croix church
Coat of arms of Maussane-les-Alpilles Coat of arms
Maussane-les-Alpilles
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Maussane-les-Alpilles
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)	Jack Sautel
Area1	31.60 km2 (12.20 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	2,242
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	13058 / 13520
Elevation	0–342 m (0–1,122 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 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.

Maussane-les-Alpilles (Occitan: Maussana leis Aupilhas) or (provençal: Maussano lis Aupiho) is a French commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region in southern France.

Geography

The commune of Maussane-les-Alpilles is situated on the southern slopes of the Alpilles in the heart of the Natural Regional Park of the Alpilles. It is bound by the rocky ridges and crests of the Entreconque on the North and the north rim of the Crau on the South.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	1,435	—
1806	1,372	−4.4%
1821	1,495	+9.0%
1831	1,402	−6.2%
1836	1,417	+1.1%
1841	1,402	−1.1%
1846	1,446	+3.1%
1851	1,545	+6.8%
1856	1,657	+7.2%
1861	1,742	+5.1%
1866	1,773	+1.8%
1872	1,625	−8.3%
1876	1,567	−3.6%
1881	1,541	−1.7%
1886	1,392	−9.7%
1891	1,383	−0.6%
1896	1,372	−0.8%
1901	1,426	+3.9%
1906	1,307	−8.3%
1911	1,356	+3.7%
1921	1,286	−5.2%
1926	1,236	−3.9%
1931	1,171	−5.3%
1936	1,111	−5.1%
1946	1,150	+3.5%
1954	1,153	+0.3%
1962	1,212	+5.1%
1968	1,251	+3.2%
1975	1,352	+8.1%
1982	1,514	+12.0%
1990	1,886	+24.6%
1999	1,968	+4.3%
2008	2,102	+6.8%

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

• INSEE