Bouc-Bel-Air
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| Commune of Bouc-Bel-Air | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 05° 24' 54" E |
| Latitude | 43° 27' 19" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence |
| Canton | Gardanne |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Pays d'Aix |
| Mayor | Jean-Claude Perrin (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 153 m–330 m (avg. 259 m) |
| Land area¹ | 21.75 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
12,297 |
| - Density () | 565/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13015/ 13320 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Bouc-Bel-Air is a village and commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France.
It is typically in Provençal style, founded around a rock which formed the foundation of an old castle of the 7th century. It has a particularly nice view on several mountains among which the locally well known Sainte-Victoire.
Inhabited since very ancient times, its sites witness of Roman-Gallic settlings. Some of these sites date of the 7th century B.C. Invasions of the Barbarians took place in the 7th century A.D., the probable foundation date of the village.
The famous Adolphe Thiers, Joseph Autran, André Roussin, Frantz Litz and Alexandre Dumas where born or resided in Bouc-Bel-Air.[citation needed]
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Pays d'Aix by Provence-Hideaways
