Meyrargues

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of Meyrargues

(2020–2026) Fabrice Poussardin^[1]Area

41.67 km² (16.09 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,830 • Density92/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

13059 /13650

Elevation186–554 m (610–1,818 ft)
(avg. 206 m or 676 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Meyrargues (French pronunciation: [meʁaʁg]; Occitan: Mairarga) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	892	—
1800	829	−1.04%
1806	929	+1.92%
1821	962	+0.23%
1831	1,009	+0.48%
1836	1,030	+0.41%
1841	1,035	+0.10%
1846	1,125	+1.68%
1851	1,098	−0.48%
1856	1,020	−1.46%
1861	1,143	+2.30%
1866	1,354	+3.45%
1872	1,296	−0.73%
1876	1,117	−3.65%
1881	967	−2.84%
1886	880	−1.87%
1891	939	+1.31%
1896	1,005	+1.37%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,021	+0.32%
1906	953	−1.37%
1911	853	−2.19%
1921	772	−0.99%
1926	826	+1.36%
1931	879	+1.25%
1936	810	−1.62%
1946	935	+1.45%
1954	1,020	+1.09%
1962	1,525	+5.16%
1968	2,196	+6.27%
1975	2,222	+0.17%
1982	2,406	+1.14%
1990	2,814	+1.98%
1999	3,282	+1.72%
2007	3,480	+0.73%
2012	3,704	+1.26%
2017	3,804	+0.53%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Personalities

Writer Joseph d'Arbaud was born in Meyrargues.
Raouia Rouabhia - Algerian international volleyball player

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Meyrargues, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE