Alleins

Alleins is located some 45 km southeast of Avignon and 10 km northeast of Salon-de-Provence. It can be accessed by the D16 road from Salon-de-Provence which passes through the village and continues north-east to Mallemort. The D23 road from Lamanon to Mallemort also passes through the north of the commune. The Électricité de France Canal passes through the north of the commune from west to east. Most of the commune is farmland but the whole area south of the village is heavily forested. The TGV Railway line from Avignon to Marseille passes through the commune but there is no station.

In April 1545, during the wars of religion, Alleins was pillaged by troops of Paulin de la Garde under the direction of Jean Maynier, the lord of Oppede and first president of the Parliament of Aix. The land was confiscated and the people were massacred.Pierre Miquel, The Wars of Religion, Paris, Club France Loisirs, 1980 ({{ISBN|2-7242-0785-8}}), p 131-133 {{in lang|fr}}

A Committee of Revolutionary Surveillance was established in Alleins in 1793. It was made up partly of simple peasants who were sometimes illiterate and this institution somehow marked the democratic heyday of the Revolution. Illiterate members took their place in the debates and turn occupied the place of president. The committee in charge of monitoring the implementation of laws devoted much of their time to reading, copying, and discussing their scope thus contributing to the political and democratic education of citizens. In their primary mission, to arrest suspects, they were very cautious and legalistic unlike the tyrannical reputation of these committees. They also defended the village community, for example in the case of the Statue of Equality which was overturned in June 1794. After investigation, a committee member after meeting the Représentant en mission Maignet spared any untoward consequence for the commune.Jacques Guilhaumou and Martine Lapied, [http://rives.revues.org/98 Peasants and politics under the French Revolution from the files of the Surveillance Committees of Bouches-du-Rhône] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619035402/http://rives.revues.org/98 |date=19 June 2013 }}, Rives nord-méditerranéennes, May 2000, online 25 March 2004

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List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=8004 List of Mayors of France]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alleinois or Alleinoises in French.[https://www.habitants.fr/bouches-du-rhone-13 Le nom des habitants du 13 - Bouches-du-Rhône], habitants.fr

{{Historical populations

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|1968 |975

|1975 |1041

|1982 |1224

|1990 |1759

|1999 |2071

|2007 |2424

|2012 |2428

|2017 |2512

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The commune has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Bullring (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA13001206|IA13001206 Bullring}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Ancient fragments of the City gate and the Cemetery Chapel (1st century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00081116|PA00081116 City gate and Cemetery Chapel}} {{in lang|fr}}

The commune has two religious sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Chapel of the White Penitents (1608).{{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00081115|PA00081115 Chapel of the White Penitents}} {{in lang|fr}} The chapel contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
• The Wall Panelling with Cathèdres (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13002678|PM13002678 Wall Panelling with Cathèdres}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 Processional Staves of penitence (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13002677|PM13002677 2 Processional Staves of penitence}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 Processional Banners: the Immaculate Conception (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13002676|PM13002676 2 Processional Banners: the Immaculate Conception}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Processional Banner: 2 Penitents kneeling (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13002675|PM13002675 Processional Banner: 2 Penitents kneeling}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Processional Cross (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13000283|PM13000283 Processional Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Statue: Saint Joseph (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13000282|PM13000282 Statue: Saint Joseph}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Statue, processional dais: Our Lady of Seven Sorrows (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13000281|PM13000281 Statue, processional dais: Our Lady of Seven Sorrows}} {{in lang|fr}}
• An Altar (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13000280|PM13000280 Altar}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Romanesque Cemetery Chapel of Saint John{{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00081114|PA00081114 Cemetery Chapel}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}

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• The Parish Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
• A Painting: The Institution of the Rosary (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13002674|PM13002674 Painting: The Institution of the Rosary}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 Chasses-Reliquaries (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13001891|PM13001891 Chasses-Reliquaries}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 4 Reliquaries (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13001890|PM13001890 4 Reliquaries}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A set of 12 Candelabra, 6 large Candelabra, 4 smaller Candelabra with angels, 2 large door Candelabra (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13001889|PM13001889 Candelabra}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The main Altar (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13001888|PM13001888 Main Altar}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Baptismal font (16th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13000278|PM13000278 Baptismal font}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Cemetery contains a Bas-relief (19th century){{Palissy Icon}} which is registered as an historical object.Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM13000279|PM13000279 Bas-relief}} {{in lang|fr}}

• Cantons of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
• Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

{{Reflist|2}}

• [http://www.alleins.fr/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=5.1625,43.7044&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Alleins on Géoportail], National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.7044&lon=5.1625&zoom=13 Alein on the 1750 Cassini Map]

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|Centre = Alleins

|North =

|Northeast = Mallemort

|East = Charleval

|Southeast = Lambesc

|South = Vernegues

|Southwest = Salon-de-Provence

|West = Lamanon

|Northwest = Senas

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Category:Communes of Bouches-du-Rhône