Saint-Estève-Janson

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

{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Saint-Estève-Janson}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Saint-Estève-Janson

|commune status = Commune

|image = La Mairie de Saint Estève Janson.JPG

|caption = The town hall of Saint-Estève-Janson

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Saint-Estève-Janson (13).svg

|arrondissement = Aix-en-Provence

|canton = Pélissanne

|INSEE = 13093

|postal code = 13610

|mayor = Martine Cesari{{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=4 May 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Aix-Marseille-Provence

|coordinates = {{coord|43.6872|5.395|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 192

|elevation min m = 154

|elevation max m = 415

|area km2 = 8.65

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

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

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

}}

Saint-Estève-Janson is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

There is evidence of five hearths and reddened earth in the Escale Cave. These hearths have been dated to 200,000 BP.{{cite journal|last=James|first=Steven R.|date=February 1989|title=Hominid Use of Fire in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene: A Review of the Evidence|journal=Current Anthropology |url=http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/archaeology/Publications/Hearths/Hominid%20Use%20of%20Fire%20in%20the%20Lower%20and%20Middle%20Pleistocene.pdf |volume=30|issue=1|pages=1–26|publisher=University of Chicago Press|doi=10.1086/203705 |accessdate=2012-04-04}}