Saint-Martin-de-Crau

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 Saint-Martin-de-Crau

(2023–2026) Christophe Laufray^[1]Area

214.87 km² (82.96 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

13,729 • Density64/km² (170/sq mi)DemonymSaint-MartinoisTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

13097 /13310

Elevation2–447 m (6.6–1,466.5 ft)
(avg. 24 m or 79 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-de-Crau (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də kʁo]; Provençal: Sant Martin de Crau) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Saint-Martinois.

Population

Saint-Martin-de-Crau has the lowest population density of all communes in metropolitan France that have a population exceeding 12,000 inhabitants (2012). With a land area of 214.87 km² (82.962 sq mi), it is the fifth-largest commune in geographic area in metropolitan France (after Arles, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Laruns, and Marseille).

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1926	2,303	—
1931	2,487	+1.55%
1936	2,361	−1.03%
1946	2,487	+0.52%
1954	2,824	+1.60%
1962	3,075	+1.07%
1968	3,257	+0.96%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1975	5,551	+7.91%
1982	10,155	+9.01%
1990	11,040	+1.05%
1999	11,013	−0.03%
2007	11,215	+0.23%
2012	12,072	+1.48%
2017	13,389	+2.09%

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

Twin towns

Saint-Martin-de-Crau is twinned with:

, Markgröningen, Germany

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Martin-de-Crau, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE