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Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône

Fontvieille
Commune
Alphonse Daudet's windmill
Alphonse Daudet's windmill
Coat of arms of Fontvieille
Coat of arms
Fontvieille is located in France
Fontvieille
Fontvieille
Coordinates: 43°43′40″N 4°42′35″E / 43.7278°N 4.7097°E / 43.7278; 4.7097Coordinates: 43°43′40″N 4°42′35″E / 43.7278°N 4.7097°E / 43.7278; 4.7097
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement Arles
Canton Salon-de-Provence-1
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Guy Frustier
Area1 40.18 km2 (15.51 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 3,653
 • Density 91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 13038 /13990
Elevation 0–245 m (0–804 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fontvieille (Occitan: Fòntvielha) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

The commune was created in 1790, out of the territory of Arles.

Fontvieille is twinned with Santa Maria a Monte, Italy, since 1991.



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