Saint-Martin-de-Crau
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Location of Saint-Martin-de-Crau  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Arles |
| Canton | Arles-Est |
| Intercommunality | Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Claude Vulpian pour le moment |
| Area 1 | 214.87 km2 (82.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 10,979 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Saint-Martinois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13097 /13310 |
| Elevation | 2–447 m (6.6–1,466.5 ft) (avg. 24 m or 79 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Martin-de-Crau is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Saint-Martinois.
Population
Saint-Martin-de-Crau has the lowest population density of all communes in metropolitan France that have a population exceeding 10,000 inhabitants. With a land area of 214.87 km² (82.962 sq mi), it is the fifth-largest commune in geographic area in metropolitan France (after Arles, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Laruns, and Marseille).
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1881 | 1,099 | — |
| 1886 | 1,316 | +19.7% |
| 1891 | 1,756 | +33.4% |
| 1896 | 1,315 | −25.1% |
| 1901 | 1,999 | +52.0% |
| 1911 | 2,264 | +13.3% |
| 1926 | 2,303 | +1.7% |
| 1931 | 2,487 | +8.0% |
| 1936 | 2,361 | −5.1% |
| 1946 | 2,487 | +5.3% |
| 1954 | 2,824 | +13.6% |
| 1962 | 3,075 | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 3,257 | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 5,551 | +70.4% |
| 1982 | 10,155 | +82.9% |
| 1990 | 11,040 | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 11,013 | −0.2% |
| 2008 | 10,979 | −0.3% |
Twin towns
Saint-Martin-de-Crau is twinned with:
See also
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