Noves

Not to be confused with Novés.

For other uses, see Nove (disambiguation).

Noves
Noves
Administration
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Châteaurenard
Intercommunality	Rhône Alpilles Durance
Mayor	Georges Jullien (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	32–105 m (105–344 ft) (avg. 43 m/141 ft)
Land area1	27.92 km2 (10.78 sq mi)
Population2	5,106  (2008)
- Density	183 /km2 (470 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	13066/ 13550
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.

Coordinates: 43°52′12″N 4°54′07″E / 43.87°N 4.902°E / 43.87; 4.902

Noves is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Population

Historical population of Noves

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
1200	1490	1262	1772	1908	1877	1927	2051	2161	2174

1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
2130	2187	2200	2018	2064	2038	2111	2173	2260	2408

1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
2494	2475	2642	2823	2929	2840	2984	3267	3579	3593

1982	1990	1999	2008
3693	4021	4440	5106

Sights

• Church of Sainte Baudille, located in the site of a 3rd century Palaeo-Christian worship area and of a Roman temple. The current building was built by will of the bishops of Avignon in the 10th century
• Chapel of the White Penitents, built in the 12th century over a former synagogue.
• Church of Notre-Dame de Piété, founded as a Franciscan hermitage in the 13th century. The current edifice dates to the 1630 and 1720s reconstructions.

Twin towns

• Calcinaia, Italy

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

• INSEE