Saint-Martin-de-Crau

Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Commune
The church in Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Martin-de-Crau
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Coordinates: 43°38′27″N 4°48′48″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Salon-de-Provence-2
Intercommunality	CA Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Christophe Laufray[1]
Area ^1	214.87 km^2 (82.96 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	13,729
• Density	64/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Demonym	Saint-Martinois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13097 /13310
Elevation	2–447 m (6.6–1,466.5 ft) (avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (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 km^2 (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%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Crau in Saint Martin de Crau

Twin towns

Saint-Martin-de-Crau is twinned with:

• , Markgröningen, Germany

See also

• Alpilles
• 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. 30 November 2023.
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 Saint-Martin-de-Crau, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official Web site