Carry-le-Rouet

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{{short description|Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}

{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Carry-le-Rouet}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Carry-le-Rouet

|native name = {{native name|oc|Carri lo Roet}}

|commune status = Commune

|image = Carry-le-Rouet 20081010 09.jpg

|caption = Carry-le-Rouet Town Hall

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Carry-le-Rouet (13).svg

|arrondissement = Istres

|canton = Marignane

|INSEE = 13021

|postal code = 13620

|mayor = René-Francis Carpentier{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Aix-Marseille-Provence

|coordinates = {{coord|43.3331|5.1528|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 4

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 178

|area km2 = 10

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Carry-le-Rouet ({{IPA|fr|kaʁi lə ʁwɛ}}; {{Langx|oc|Carri lo Roet}}) or simply Carry is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is a seaside resort {{convert|30|km}} west of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue, reached via motorway A55 then route D5, at the foot of pine-covered hills. It is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.

Every February, Les Oursinades festival takes place, celebrating the consumption of sea urchins, various shellfish and other seafood.{{cite web |url=http://www.otcarrylerouet.fr/en/se-divertir-et-bouger/major-events/191-les-oursinades-festival |title=Les Oursinades festival |publisher=Carry-le-Route Office de Tourisme |access-date=7 August 2020}}

Transport

Carry-le-Rouet is served by the Carry-le-Rouet TER PACA railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas–L'Estaque railway.

Carry-le-Rouet gare.jpg|TER PACA service at Carry-le-Rouet station in 2010

Gare de Carry-le-Rouet 20180812 05.jpg|Station building

Demographics

{{Historical populations

|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|6987|Carry-le-Rouet}} and INSEE (1968–2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-13021#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |290

|1800 |245

|1806 |268

|1821 |363

|1831 |356

|1836 |465

|1841 |503

|1846 |507

|1851 |502

|1856 |470

|1861 |499

|1866 |477

|1872 |567

|1876 |537

|1881 |547

|1886 |499

|1891 |561

|1896 |582

|1901 |531

|1906 |564

|1911 |1339

|1921 |565

|1926 |265

|1931 |353

|1936 |410

|1946 |646

|1954 |1069

|1962 |1739

|1968 |2353

|1975 |3304

|1982 |4570

|1990 |5224

|1999 |6016

|2009 |6320

|2014 |5908

|2020 |5705

}}

Personalities

  • Comic actor Fernandel, who built his family's house above the beach in the 1930s.
  • The singer Nina Simone, who lived out the last years of her life in Carry-le-Rouet and died at her home in 2003.

Sister cities

See also

References

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