Maillane

Maillane

Maillane
Administration
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement Arles
Canton Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Mayor Jacqueline Cornillon
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 7–17 m (23–56 ft)
(avg. 12 m/39 ft)
Land area1 16.77 km2 (6.47 sq mi)
Population2 2,219  (2008)
 - Density 132 /km2 (340 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 13052/ 13910
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Maillane (name in French; Malhana in Occitan language) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France in the former province of Provence.

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Geography

Maillane is located 7 km (4.3 mi) north-west of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Tarascon.

Population

Historical population of Maillane
Year 1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1856
Population 1200 1324 1273 1386 1505 1356 1430 1507 1556 1522
Year 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906
Population 1541 1532 1480 1390 1347 1342 1383 1347 1373 1369
Year 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975
Population 1407 1325 1354 1372 1308 1315 1306 1354 1472 1430
Year 1982 1990 1999 2008
Population 1571 1664 1884 2219

Personalities

Maillane was the birthplace of the 19th century poet Frédéric Mistral (1904 Nobel Prize in literature).

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