Puyloubier

Puyloubier is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Puyloubier
Commune
Foreign Legion invalid home
Coat of arms
Location of Puyloubier
Puyloubier
Puyloubier
Coordinates: 43°31′33″N 5°40′12″E
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementAix-en-Provence
CantonTrets
IntercommunalityAix-Marseille-Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Frédéric Guiniéri
Area
1
40.85 km2 (15.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,792
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13079 /13114
Elevation239–1,007 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
Historical population
YearPop.±%
17931,024—    
1800970−5.3%
1806780−19.6%
1821884+13.3%
18311,036+17.2%
1836947−8.6%
1841900−5.0%
1846905+0.6%
1851922+1.9%
1856873−5.3%
1861973+11.5%
1866995+2.3%
1872924−7.1%
1876828−10.4%
1881668−19.3%
1886566−15.3%
1891541−4.4%
1896547+1.1%
YearPop.±%
1901603+10.2%
1906539−10.6%
1911530−1.7%
1921475−10.4%
1926527+10.9%
1931544+3.2%
1936567+4.2%
1946557−1.8%
1954527−5.4%
1962630+19.5%
1968692+9.8%
1975798+15.3%
19821,121+40.5%
19901,317+17.5%
19991,475+12.0%
20061,671+13.3%
20111,845+10.4%
20141,817−1.5%

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.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. http://www.legion-boutique.com/
    - http://www.puyloubier.com/


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