Miramas#Circuit of Miramas

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

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Miramas

|commune status = Commune

|image = Chapelle Saint Julien.jpg

|caption = The chapel of Saint Julien, situated in the old cemetery

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Miramas (13).svg

|arrondissement = Istres

|canton = Salon-de-Provence-2

|INSEE = 13063

|postal code = 13140

|mayor = Frédéric Vigouroux{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Aix-Marseille-Provence

|coordinates = {{coord|43.5822|5.0019|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 49

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 125

|area km2 = 25.74

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

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

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

}}

Miramas ({{IPA|fr|miʁamas}}; {{langx|oc|Miramàs}}) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southern France. It is the second-largest commune in metropolitan Ouest-Provence and is located at the north end of the Étang de Berre lagoon, adjacent to and northeast of the city of Istres. Miramas station has rail connections to Marseille, Avignon, Martigues and Arles.

Circuit of Miramas

File:P1280035 - BMW Autodrome de Miramas.JPG

The Circuit of Miramas is located within 2 km of the town. In 1926 it hosted the French Grand Prix which was won by Frenchman Jules Goux driving a Bugatti T39A. Goux, the son of the superintendent at the Peugeot factory, had earlier became famous for winning the 1913 Indianapolis 500 while reportedly consuming four bottles of champagne during the course of the race. Goux had been the first foreign winner at Indianapolis.

Today the racetrack is owned by BMW and used as a vehicle test track.

Population

{{Historical populations

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| percentages = pagr

| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|22570|Miramas}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-13063#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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|1793 |416

|1800 |376

|1806 |391

|1821 |489

|1831 |547

|1836 |498

|1841 |585

|1846 |858

|1851 |669

|1856 |734

|1861 |918

|1866 |1057

|1872 |1170

|1876 |1040

|1881 |1250

|1886 |1318

|1891 |1520

|1896 |2129

|1901 |2324

|1906 |2487

|1911 |2975

|1921 |5065

|1926 |5161

|1931 |5922

|1936 |6594

|1946 |7310

|1954 |8325

|1962 |9943

|1968 |10544

|1975 |15585

|1982 |20414

|1990 |21602

|1999 |22526

|2007 |25257

|2012 |25064

|2017 |26470

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File:Miramas-Pin-d-Alep.jpg]]

File:Miramas-etang-de-berre.jpg

File:140605 Miramas-Vestiges-du-chateau.jpg

See also

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