Vitrolles, Bouches-du-Rhône
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Vitrolles (French pronunciation: [vitʁɔl]; Occitan: Vitròla) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France, located about 20.6 km (12.8 mi) from Marseille. It is the largest suburb of the city of Aix-en-Provence and is adjacent to its southwest side.
Vitrolles
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 View of Sarrasine Tower and Vitrolles | |
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 Location of Vitrolles | |
  Vitrolles Location within France  Vitrolles Location within Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Coordinates: 43°27′36″N 5°14′55″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Istres |
| Canton | Vitrolles |
| Intercommunality | Aix-Marseille-Provence |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Loïc Gachon[1] |
Area 1 | 36.58 km2 (14.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 36,758 |
| • Density | 1,005/km2 (2,603/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13117 /13127 |
| Elevation | 0–255 m (0–837 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1977.[3]
Population
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Twin towns – sister cities
Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany
Administration
List of mayors of Vitrolles:
- 1800–1808: Paul Gueidon
- 1808–1812: Pierre Joseph Gabriel Bertrand
- 1813–1817: Louis Barrigue de Monvalon
- 1817–1823: Jacques Pierre Hilarion Audibert
- 1824–1830: Louis Martin
- 1830–1831: Honoré-Etienne Emery
- 1831–1837: Hyppolite Baret
- 1837–1842: André Guilhen
- 1842–1844: Joseph Constant
- 1844–1846: Barthélemy Bontoux
- 1847–1848: Jean-Etienne Bonsignour
- 1848–1848: Casimir Berard
- 1848–1850: Jean-Joseph Audibert
- 1850–1850: Louis Faren
- 1850–1863: Honoré Lataud
- 1863–1865: Jean-Pierre Christophe
- 1865–1867: Jules Aimard
- 1867–1870: Jean Antoine Audibert
- 1870–1874: François Hilaire Touche
- 1874–1878: Lucien Sauvat
- 1878–1892: François Hilaire Touche
- 1892–1908: Vital Rouard
- 1908–1912: Pierre Gustave Constant
- 1912–1925: Cyprien Touche
- 1825–1944: Jules Guibaud
- 1944–1954: Henri Loubet
- 1954–1966: Victor Martin
- 1966–1977: Henri Bremond
- 1977–1983: Pierre Scelles
- 1983–1997: Jean-Jacques Anglade
- 1997–2002: Catherine Mégret
- 2002–2009: Guy Obino
