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Montagne Sainte-Victoire and vineyards, seen from the slope south of Trets
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Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
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| Coordinates: 43°26′51″N 5°41′01″E / 43.4475°N 5.6836°ECoordinates: 43°26′51″N 5°41′01″E / 43.4475°N 5.6836°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Arrondissement | Aix-en-Provence | |
| Canton | Trets | |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Aix | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Claude Feraud | |
| Area1 | 70.31 km2 (27.15 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 10,239 | |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13110 / 13530 | |
| Elevation | 217–810 m (712–2,657 ft) (avg. 249 m or 817 ft) |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Trets (English /trɛ/) is a commune (town or township, in English) in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côtes d’Azur region in the southeast of France. With a population of over 10,000, it is one of forty-four communes in the Aix-en-Provence arrondissement or district. It is often described as a medieval town because of its development during the Middle Ages of European history and retention of medieval architecture.
Trets is situated in the Upper Valley of the Arc river, between painter Paul Cézanne's belovedMontagne Sainte-Victoire 11 km to the north and the Aurélien hills (Monts Auréliens) to the east, at the foot of Mount Olympus to the south.
Archeological evidence suggests that the first inhabitants of the area, the Chasséen culture, lived on the summit of Mount Olympus around 4000 BC, during the Neolithic period.
The founding site of Trets has been described variously as a Greek colony or an “ancient Roman settlement.” By some accounts Trets was originally named Trittia or Tritea by the Phocean settlers of Massalia, in homage to the daughter of the Greek god Triton.
In the later years of the Roman conquest of Provence, Gaius Marius defeated the Teutons and Ambrones “at a spot between Saint-Maximin and Trets.”
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