Fontvieille (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃vjɛj]; Occitan: Fòntvielha) is a commune in the camargue region in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
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Fontvieille | |
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Commune | |
Alphonse Daudet's windmill | |
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Coordinates: 43°43′40″N 4°42′35″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
Arrondissement | Arles |
Canton | Salon-de-Provence-1 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Garnier[1] |
Area 1 | 40.18 km2 (15.51 sq mi) |
Population | 3,544 |
• Density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 13038 /13990 |
Elevation | 0–245 m (0–804 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The commune was created in 1790, out of the territory of Arles.
The Occitan language poet Brémonde de Tarascon (1858–98) grew up on the Darbousille farm at Fontvieille, where she died.[3]
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Fontvieille is twinned with Santa Maria a Monte, Italy, since 1991.
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