Les Pennes-Mirabeau

Les Pennes-Mirabeau (French pronunciation: ​[le pɛn miʁabo]; Occitan: Lei Penas de Mirabèu) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France, located 13.5 km (8.4 mi) from Marseille. In May every year, a medieval festival attracts tens of thousands people.[2]

Les Pennes-Mirabeau
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Les Pennes-Mirabeau
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Coordinates: 43°24′38″N 5°18′37″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Aix-en-Provence
Canton	Gardanne
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Amiel
Area ^1	33.66 km^2 (13.00 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	21,046
• Density	630/km^2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13071 /13170
Elevation	56–287 m (184–942 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

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%

Year Pop. ±% 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% 2016 21,361 +5.8%

Twin towns – sister cities

Les Pennes-Mirabeau is twinned with:

• Martuni (Khojavend), Nagorno-Karabakh:[3] Les Pennes-Mirabeau and Martuni became sister cities on 11 June 2013.[4]

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. http://www.laprovence.com/article/edition-marseille/2348994/40-000-visiteurs-attendus-ce-week-end-au-festival-medieval.html
3. 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
4. Les Pennes-Mirabeau and Martuni became sister cities

External links

• Official website (in French)