La Fare-les-Oliviers

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Coordinates: 43°33′09″N 5°11′42″E / 43.5525, 5.195

Commune of La Fare-les-Oliviers
Sainte-Rosalie chapel

Location
La Fare-les-Oliviers (France)
La Fare-les-Oliviers
Administration
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement Aix-en-Provence
Canton Pélissanne
Intercommunality Salon-Étang de Berre-Durance
Mayor André Campagne
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 27 m–223 m
(avg. 53 m)
Land area¹ 13.98 km²
Population²
(1999)
6,334
 - Density 453/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 13037/ 13580
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.
France

La Fare-les-Oliviers is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France.

[edit] Location

It is close to Aix-en-Provence and Salon-de-Provence.

[edit] History

A castle, Castellas, was built in the 10th century.

In the 18th century, a pavillion was built in the centre of the village.

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