Bouc-Bel-Air
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Commune of Bouc-Bel-Air |
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| Location | |
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| 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) |
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| Elevation | 153 m–330 m (avg. 259 m) |
| Land area¹ | 21.75 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
12,297 |
| - Density | 565/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 13015/ 13320 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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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.
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