Carry-le-Rouet

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Carry-le-Rouet

Carri lo Roet (Occitan)

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Carry-le-Rouet Town Hall

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Coordinates: 43°19′59″N 5°09′10″E﻿ / ﻿43.3331°N 5.1528°E﻿ / 43.3331; 5.1528
Country| France
Region| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department| Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement| Istres
Canton| Marignane
Intercommunality| Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government

• Mayor (2020-2026) | René-Francis Carpentier[1]
Area

| 10 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[2]

| 5,708
• Density| 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code|

13021 /13620

Elevation| 0–178 m (0–584 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carry-le-Rouet (French pronunciation: [kaʁi lə ʁwɛ]; Occitan: Carri lo Roet) or simply Carry is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is a seaside resort 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue, reached via motorway A55 then route D5, at the foot of pine-covered hills. It is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.

Every February, Les Oursinades festival takes place, celebrating the consumption of sea urchins, various shellfish and other seafood.[3]

## Transport

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Carry-le-Rouet is served by the Carry-le-Rouet TER PACA railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas–L'Estaque railway.

* TER PACA service at Carry-le-Rouet station in 2010

* Station building

## Demographics

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Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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|

1793 | 290| —
1800 | 245| −2.38%
1806 | 268| +1.51%
1821 | 363| +2.04%
1831 | 356| −0.19%
1836 | 465| +5.49%
1841 | 503| +1.58%
1846 | 507| +0.16%
1851 | 502| −0.20%
1856 | 470| −1.31%
1861 | 499| +1.20%
1866 | 477| −0.90%
1872 | 567| +2.92%
1876 | 537| −1.35%
1881 | 547| +0.37%
1886 | 499| −1.82%
1891 | 561| +2.37%
1896 | 582| +0.74%
| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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|

1901 | 531| −1.82%
1906 | 564| +1.21%
1911 | 1,339| +18.88%
1921 | 565| −8.27%
1926 | 265| −14.05%
1931 | 353| +5.90%
1936 | 410| +3.04%
1946 | 646| +4.65%
1954 | 1,069| +6.50%
1962 | 1,739| +6.27%
1968 | 2,353| +5.17%
1975 | 3,304| +4.97%
1982 | 4,570| +4.74%
1990 | 5,224| +1.69%
1999 | 6,016| +1.58%
2009 | 6,320| +0.49%
2014 | 5,908| −1.34%
2020 | 5,705| −0.58%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2020)[5]

## Personalities

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* Comic actor Fernandel, who built his family's house above the beach in the 1930s.
* The singer Nina Simone, who lived out the last years of her life in Carry-le-Rouet and died at her home in 2003.

## Sister cities

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* Dietmannsried, Bavaria, Germany
* Busseto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

## See also

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* Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

## References

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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. ^ "Les Oursinades festival". Carry-le-Route Office de Tourisme. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carry-le-Rouet, EHESS (in French).
5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

## External links

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* Official website (in French)

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* Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde
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* Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues
* Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
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* Saint-Victoret
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* Tarascon
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* Ventabren
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