- Aubagne
French commune
name = Aubagne
x = 197
y = 217
time zone = CET (GMT +1)
region =Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
departement =Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
arrondissement=Marseille
canton=Chief of two cantons: Aubagne-Est Aubagne-Ouest
insee=13005
cp=13400
mayor =Daniel Fontaine
mandat=2002-2008
party=PC
intercomm=Agglomeration community of Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Etoile
lat_long = coord|43|17|27|N|5|34|15|E|region:FR_type:city(42900)
alt mini=74
alt maxi=701
alt moy=101
area = 54.9
population =42,900
date-population = 2005
population-ranking =
density =777
date-density = 2005
diallingcode = 0442|Aubagne is a small commune located 17 km east of
Marseille in theBouches-du-Rhône department of southernFrance . It is the home ofAlain Bernard , championship-level French swimmer.The
French Foreign Legion has its headquarters there.Geography
It is located in the
Huveaune valley and surrounded by the mountain ranges ofGarlaban , andSainte-Baume to the north andDouard to the south. It was the first commune in France to be completely surrounded byautoroute s.Natives
*
François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy (1747–1830), Director of theFirst French Republic
*Alain Bernard (born 1983), swimmer
*François-Urbain Domergue (1745–1810), grammarian and journalist
*Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974), novelist, playwright and filmmaker.External links
* http://www.aubagne.com/
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