Maillane

Maillane
Commune
The church of Maillane
Coat of arms
Maillane Maillane
Coordinates: 43°50′01″N 4°46′58″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Châteaurenard
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Eric Lecoffre
Area 1	16.77 km2 (6.47 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13052 /13910
Elevation	7–17 m (23–56 ft) (avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maillane (French pronunciation: ​[majan]; Occitan: Malhana) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France in the former province of Provence.

Geography

Maillane is located 7 km (4.3 mi) north-west of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Tarascon.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,200 —     1800 1,324 +10.3% 1806 1,273 −3.9% 1821 1,386 +8.9% 1831 1,505 +8.6% 1836 1,356 −9.9% 1841 1,430 +5.5% 1846 1,507 +5.4% 1851 1,556 +3.3% 1856 1,522 −2.2% 1861 1,541 +1.2% 1866 1,532 −0.6% 1872 1,480 −3.4% 1876 1,390 −6.1% 1881 1,347 −3.1% 1886 1,342 −0.4% 1891 1,383 +3.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 1,347 −2.6% 1901 1,373 +1.9% 1906 1,369 −0.3% 1911 1,407 +2.8% 1921 1,325 −5.8% 1926 1,354 +2.2% 1931 1,372 +1.3% 1936 1,308 −4.7% 1946 1,315 +0.5% 1954 1,306 −0.7% 1962 1,354 +3.7% 1968 1,472 +8.7% 1975 1,430 −2.9% 1982 1,571 +9.9% 1990 1,664 +5.9% 1999 1,884 +13.2% 2009 2,283 +21.2%

People

Maillane was the birthplace of the 19th century poet Frédéric Mistral (1904 Nobel Prize in literature).

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department