La Fare-les-Oliviers
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Location | |
Administration | |
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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. | |
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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