Le Tholonet

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Coordinates: 43°31′22″N 5°30′42″E / 43.5227777778, 5.51166666667

Commune of Le Tholonet
Location
Le Tholonet (France)
Le Tholonet
Administration
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement Aix-en-Provence
Canton Aix-en-Provence-Nord-Est
Intercommunality Pays d'Aix
Mayor Michel Legier
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 150 m–350 m
(avg. 193 m)
Land area¹ 10,82 km²
Population²
(1999)		 2267
 - Density 209/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 13109/ 13100
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.
France

Le Tholonet is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France. It is close to Aix-en-Provence and the Montagne Sainte-Victoire.

[edit] Trivia

  • Paul Cézanne liked to go to a restaurant in Le Tholonet, where he would order duck with olives, or daube. He also rented two rooms in the Château Noir (the black castle).[1]
  • Georges Duby was buried in Le Tholonet.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Le Tholonet

[edit] External links

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