Aubagne
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Commune of Aubagne |
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| Time Zone | CET (GMT +1) | |
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | |
| Arrondissement | Marseille | |
| Canton | Chief of two cantons: Aubagne-Est Aubagne-Ouest |
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| Intercommunality | Agglomeration community of Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Etoile | |
| Mayor | Daniel Fontaine (PC) (2002-2008) |
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| Statistics | ||
| Elevation | 74–701 (avg. 101) |
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| Land area¹ | 54.9 km² | |
| Population² (2005) |
42,900 | |
| - Density | 777/km² (2005) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 13005/ 13400 | |
| Dialling code | 0442 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Aubagne is a small commune located 17 km east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of southern France.
The French Foreign Legion has its headquarters there.
[edit] Geography
It is located in the Huveaune valley and surrounded by the mountain ranges of Garlaban, and Sainte-Baume to the north and Douard to the south. It was the first commune in France to be completely surrounded by autoroutes.
[edit] Natives
- François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy (1747–1830), Director of the First French Republic
- Alain Bernard (born 1983), swimmer
- François-Urbain Domergue (1745–1810), grammarian and journalist
- Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974), novelist, playwright and filmmaker.
[edit] External links
- (French) http://www.aubagne.com/
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