Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

(2020–2026) Martial Alvarez^[1]Area

73.38 km² (28.33 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,446 • Density120/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

13078 /13230

Elevation0–3 m (0.0–9.8 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ sɛ̃ lwi dy ʁon]; Occitan: Pòrt Sant Loís) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

History

The commune was created in 1904 from parts of the communes of Arles and Fos-sur-Mer.^[3] The Saint-Louis channel was dug in 1871. The parish was established in 1886.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	2,388	—
1911	2,702	+2.50%
1921	3,682	+3.14%
1926	4,174	+2.54%
1931	4,284	+0.52%
1936	4,448	+0.75%
1946	3,982	−1.10%
1954	4,923	+2.69%
1962	6,278	+3.09%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,285	+4.73%
1975	10,393	+3.29%
1982	10,378	−0.02%
1990	8,624	−2.29%
1999	8,123	−0.66%
2007	8,530	+0.61%
2012	8,579	+0.11%
2017	8,449	−0.30%

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Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Features

Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône is an industrial town and port annex of Marseille at the mouth of the Rhône River, and includes many parks, large avenues and large farmhouses known as camarguais.

The town has three popular beaches: Napoleon beach, Olga beach, and Carteau beach.

There are many marshes and cultivated plants nearby, and vast salt-water marshes of the Camargue swamp.

Local wildlife includes herds of wild horses and pink flamingos being in the marshes.

Industry

The Camargue produces primarily salt and mineral oil. There are also petrochemical factories and grain mills.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE