Vauvenargues, Bouches-du-Rhône

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Coordinates: 43°33′20″N 5°36′13″E / 43.5556, 5.60361111111

Commune of Vauvenargues Vauvenargues castle
Location
Vauvenargues, Bouches-du-Rhône (France)
Vauvenargues, Bouches-du-Rhône
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
Statistics
Elevation 346 m–1 016 m
(avg. 458 m)
Land area¹ 54,31 km²
Population²
(1999)		 729
 - Density 13,4/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 13111/ 13126
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

Vauvenargues 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

In 1958 Pablo Picasso bought the village's castle, where he was buried in 1973.

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