Vitrolles, Bouches-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 Vitrolles

(2020–2026) Loïc Gachon^[1]Area

36.58 km² (14.12 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

35,532 • Density970/km² (2,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

13117 /13127

Elevation0–255 m (0–837 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vitrolles (French pronunciation: [vitʁɔl]; Occitan: Vitròla) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France, located about 20.6 km (12.8 mi) from Marseille. It is the largest suburb of the city of Aix-en-Provence and is adjacent to its southwest side.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,045	—
1800	972	−1.03%
1806	1,058	+1.42%
1821	1,209	+0.89%
1831	1,244	+0.29%
1836	1,124	−2.01%
1841	1,128	+0.07%
1846	1,213	+1.46%
1851	1,200	−0.22%
1856	1,176	−0.40%
1861	1,148	−0.48%
1866	1,339	+3.13%
1872	1,256	−1.06%
1876	1,082	−3.66%
1881	1,010	−1.37%
1886	1,007	−0.06%
1891	910	−2.01%
1896	910	+0.00%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	892	−0.40%
1906	875	−0.38%
1911	819	−1.31%
1921	794	−0.31%
1926	812	+0.45%
1931	841	+0.70%
1936	819	−0.53%
1946	1,293	+4.67%
1954	2,523	+8.72%
1962	3,366	+3.67%
1968	5,050	+6.99%
1975	13,413	+14.98%
1982	22,725	+7.82%
1990	35,397	+5.70%
1999	36,784	+0.43%
2007	37,479	+0.23%
2012	34,843	−1.45%
2017	33,310	−0.90%

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

Twin towns – sister cities

Vitrolles is twinned with:^[5]

Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany

Administration

List of mayors of Vitrolles:

1800–1808: Paul Gueidon
1808–1812: Pierre Joseph Gabriel Bertrand
1813–1817: Louis Barrigue de Monvalon
1817–1823: Jacques Pierre Hilarion Audibert
1824–1830: Louis Martin
1830–1831: Honoré-Etienne Emery
1831–1837: Hyppolite Baret
1837–1842: André Guilhen
1842–1844: Joseph Constant
1844–1846: Barthélemy Bontoux
1847–1848: Jean-Etienne Bonsignour
1848–1848: Casimir Berard
1848–1850: Jean-Joseph Audibert
1850–1850: Louis Faren
1850–1863: Honoré Lataud
1863–1865: Jean-Pierre Christophe
1865–1867: Jules Aimard
1867–1870: Jean Antoine Audibert
1870–1874: François Hilaire Touche
1874–1878: Lucien Sauvat
1878–1892: François Hilaire Touche
1892–1908: Vital Rouard
1908–1912: Pierre Gustave Constant
1912–1925: Cyprien Touche
1825–1944: Jules Guibaud
1944–1954: Henri Loubet
1954–1966: Victor Martin
1966–1977: Henri Bremond
1977–1983: Pierre Scelles
1983–1997: Jean-Jacques Anglade
1997–2002: Catherine Mégret
2002–2009: Guy Obino

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.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vitrolles, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Jumelage". vitrolles13.fr (in French). Vitrolles. Retrieved 10 April 2021.