Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

French commune
nomcommune=Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Bouches-du-Rhône
arrondissement=Arles
canton=Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
insee=13078
cp=13230
maire=Philippe Caizergues
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Ouest Provence
longitude=4.804
latitude=43.3875
alt moy=
alt mini=0
alt maxi=3 m
hectares=7338
km²=73.38
sans=8121
date-sans=1999
dens=111
date-dens=1999

Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

History

The commune was created in 1904 from Arles and Fos-sur-Mer on which its history is dependent. The Saint-Louis channel was dug in 1871. The Parish was established in 1886.

Features

Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône is an industrial town and port annex of Marseille at the mouth of the Rhône River, and includes many parks, large avenues and large farmhouses known as camarguais.

The town has three popular beaches: Napoleon beach, Olga beach and Carteau beach.

There are many marshes and cultivated plans nearby, and vast salt-water marshes of the Camargue swamp.

Local wildlife includes herds of wild horses and pink flamingos being in the marshes.

Industry

The Camargue produces primarily salt and mineral oil. There are also petrochemical factories and grain mills.

Activities

* Market: Wednesday.
* Fair: at the beginning of August.
* Local festival: third Sunday of July (bullfight, folklore, tournaments).
* Celebrates districts: in June, for Saint-Louis.
* Attractions taurines: in summer.
* Rhone beach: school of veil, Kitesurfing school (Carteau beach), boating and yacht club, sea fishing, horseriding
* Camping

ee also

*Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rh%C3%B4ne&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.934478,108.28125&ie=UTF8&ll=43.388583,4.812698&spn=0.158181,0.422974&z=12&om=1 Google maps]


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