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Meyreuil
Mont St. Victoire seen from Meyreuil 
MeyreuilAdministration Country France Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Department Bouches-du-Rhône Arrondissement Aix-en-Provence Canton Aix-en-Provence-Sud-Ouest Intercommunality Pays d'Aix Mayor Robert Lagier
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 138–346 m (453–1,135 ft)
(avg. 262 m/860 ft)Land area1 20.13 km2 (7.77 sq mi) Population2 5,084 (2008) - Density 253 /km2 (660 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 130060/ 13590 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°29′13″N 5°29′42″E / 43.487°N 5.495°E
Meyreuil is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France, about 11 km (6.8 mi) from Aix en Provence.
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Geography
Located 11 km (6.8 mi) from Aix-en-Provence, the commune of Meyreuil is sheltered in the northeast by the mountain Montagne Sainte-Victoire, and the district of Canet is separated from the chief town by the river Arc.
Meyreuil is composed of three principal districts:
Meyreuil village includes the town hall, the church and the cemetery. Nestled on the hillside, the old village is very peaceful.
The Plan of Meyreuil, where the majority of the trade, the post office or the media library are located, is the economic center of the commune.
Canet, situated on RN7 (the road between Paris and Nice) has always been a transportation hub. Formerly the location of two stagecoach stops, Canet today includes many hotels and restaurants, as well as a technology park .
History
The name of Meyreuil comes from that of the Roman General Marius, who fought a battle against the Ambrones and the Teutons near Aix in 102 B.C.
The village was successively called MIROIL (1098), MAIROL or MAIROIL in 1154, MEROLIO in 1259, MAREUIL to the 13th, 14th, 15th centuries, MAROLIUM and MEROLIUM in 1529, MERUEIL in 1634, MEIRUEILH in 1663, MEYRUEIL in 1766. The current name of MEYREUIL is at most 200 years old.
Contemporary history
Laurent Chazal, the mayor of the commune for 34 years, died on May 29, 2005. Robert Lagier succeeded Chazal as a result of the elections of July 3 and July 10, 2005.
La Belle du Canet
A memorable figure in the history of Canet, la Belle du Canet was Lucrèce de Forbin-Solliès, widow of Henri de Rascas, lord of Canet and first Consul of Aix. She became the mistress of the Duke Louis de Vendôme, himself a widower. His deceased wife was Laure Mancini, niece of the Jules Cardinal Mazarin. Louis XIV, under pretext that they were both widowed (and, undoubtedly, for other more political reasons), opposed their marriage and had the Duke named as a Cardinal. This did not prevent the two lovers from being together. The Duke of Vendôme who lived in Aix-en-Provence at Cours Mirabeau, had a country house built, the Pavillon Vendôme, to meet his beloved who took care to disguise herself. The peasants of the suburb where the house was built called these disguised people the "machouettos". It is there that the Duke died Tuesday August 6, 1669, at only 57 years of age.
Population
Historical population of Meyreuil 1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1856 793 606 770 780 914 733 754 733 750 797 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906 769 820 767 768 684 670 681 647 636 638 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 643 628 766 1034 1054 1149 1728 2042 2441 2492 1982 1990 1999 2008 2845 3766 4407 5084 See also
References
External links
- Meyreuil Provence Web
- Meyreuil
- Meyreuil official town website
- Pavillon Vendome
Categories:- Communes of Bouches-du-Rhône
- Bouches-du-Rhône geography stubs
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