Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Commune
The church in Saint-Martin-de-Crau
The church in Saint-Martin-de-Crau
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Location of Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Saint-Martin-de-Crau is located in France
Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Saint-Martin-de-Crau is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Coordinates: 43°38′27″N 4°48′48″E / 43.6408°N 4.8133°E / 43.6408; 4.8133
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementArles
CantonSalon-de-Provence-2
IntercommunalityCA Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie-Rose Lexcellent[1]
Area
1
214.87 km2 (82.96 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
13,729
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
DemonymSaint-Martinois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13097 /13310
Elevation2–447 m (6.6–1,466.5 ft)
(avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-de-Crau (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də kʁo]; Provençal: Sant Martin de Crau) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Saint-Martinois.

Population

Saint-Martin-de-Crau has the lowest population density of all communes in metropolitan France that have a population exceeding 12,000 inhabitants (2012). With a land area of 214.87 km2 (82.962 sq mi), it is the fifth-largest commune in geographic area in metropolitan France (after Arles, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Laruns, and Marseille).

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1926 2,303—    
1931 2,487+1.55%
1936 2,361−1.03%
1946 2,487+0.52%
1954 2,824+1.60%
1962 3,075+1.07%
1968 3,257+0.96%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1975 5,551+7.91%
1982 10,155+9.01%
1990 11,040+1.05%
1999 11,013−0.03%
2007 11,215+0.23%
2012 12,072+1.48%
2017 13,389+2.09%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]
Crau in Saint Martin de Crau

Twin towns

Saint-Martin-de-Crau is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Martin-de-Crau, EHESS (in French).
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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