Grans

Grans
Commune
Mas du Bayle-Vert in Grans
Coat of arms
Location of Grans
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Coordinates: 43°36′34″N 5°03′49″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Istres
Canton	Salon-de-Provence-2
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Philippe Leandri[1]
Area ^1	27.6 km^2 (10.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,274
• Density	190/km^2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13044 /13450
Elevation	38–110 m (125–361 ft) (avg. 49 m or 161 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grans (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃s]) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,738 —     1800 1,583 −1.33% 1806 1,588 +0.05% 1821 1,844 +1.00% 1831 1,634 −1.20% 1836 1,779 +1.71% 1841 1,681 −1.13% 1846 1,697 +0.19% 1851 1,740 +0.50% 1856 1,967 +2.48% 1861 1,968 +0.01% 1866 1,994 +0.26% 1872 1,920 −0.63% 1876 1,937 +0.22% 1881 1,794 −1.52% 1886 1,807 +0.14% 1891 1,706 −1.14% 1896 1,779 +0.84%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,740 −0.44% 1906 1,774 +0.39% 1911 1,847 +0.81% 1921 1,589 −1.49% 1926 1,577 −0.15% 1931 1,588 +0.14% 1936 1,620 +0.40% 1946 1,718 +0.59% 1954 1,985 +1.82% 1962 2,216 +1.39% 1968 2,446 +1.66% 1975 2,801 +1.95% 1982 3,095 +1.44% 1990 3,436 +1.32% 1999 3,716 +0.87% 2007 4,078 +1.17% 2012 4,319 +1.15% 2017 5,118 +3.45%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

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