Puyloubier
Puyloubier is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
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 Foreign Legion invalid home | |
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Location of Puyloubier 
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| Coordinates: 43°31′33″N 5°40′12″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence |
| Canton | Trets |
| Intercommunality | Aix-Marseille-Provence |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Frédéric Guiniéri |
| Area 1 | 40.85 km2 (15.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 1,792 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13079 /13114 |
| Elevation | 239–1,007 m (784–3,304 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
In Puyloubier can be found the Institution des invalides de la Légion étrangère which is a retirement home for former members of the French Foreign Legion.[2]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 1,024 | — |
| 1800 | 970 | −5.3% |
| 1806 | 780 | −19.6% |
| 1821 | 884 | +13.3% |
| 1831 | 1,036 | +17.2% |
| 1836 | 947 | −8.6% |
| 1841 | 900 | −5.0% |
| 1846 | 905 | +0.6% |
| 1851 | 922 | +1.9% |
| 1856 | 873 | −5.3% |
| 1861 | 973 | +11.5% |
| 1866 | 995 | +2.3% |
| 1872 | 924 | −7.1% |
| 1876 | 828 | −10.4% |
| 1881 | 668 | −19.3% |
| 1886 | 566 | −15.3% |
| 1891 | 541 | −4.4% |
| 1896 | 547 | +1.1% |
| 1901 | 603 | +10.2% |
| 1906 | 539 | −10.6% |
| 1911 | 530 | −1.7% |
| 1921 | 475 | −10.4% |
| 1926 | 527 | +10.9% |
| 1931 | 544 | +3.2% |
| 1936 | 567 | +4.2% |
| 1946 | 557 | −1.8% |
| 1954 | 527 | −5.4% |
| 1962 | 630 | +19.5% |
| 1968 | 692 | +9.8% |
| 1975 | 798 | +15.3% |
| 1982 | 1,121 | +40.5% |
| 1990 | 1,317 | +17.5% |
| 1999 | 1,475 | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 1,671 | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 1,845 | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 1,817 | −1.5% |
Personalities linked to the commune
- Servin de Puyloubier, hermit and martyr, massacred by the Visigoths.
- Jacques Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 1 May 1680, died in Paris on 10 August 1754.
- Jean-Baptiste Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 17 April 1720, nephew of Jacques Rigaud.
- Rosalie Margalet, mother of the poet Victor Gélu, costumier, born in Puyloubier on 3 April 1770, died on 7 March 1854.
- Jean Planque, painter and collector of Swiss art, stayed here between 1948 and 1951.
- Francis Méano, international footballer, born in Puyloubier on 22 May 1931, died in a car accident near Reims on 26 June 1953.
- Pierre-Paul Jeanpierre, colonel in the Foreign Légion, killed in combat in 1958 near Guelma (Algeria,) interred in the carré des légionnaires in Puyloubier cemetery.
- Yvonne Gamy, actress, born Marseille on 10 June 1904, died in Marseille on 10 February 1997, was a longtime resident of Puyloubier.
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References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- http://www.legion-boutique.com/
- http://www.puyloubier.com/
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