Ventabren

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 Ventabren

(2022–2026) Frédéric Vigouroux^[1]Area

28.5 km² (11.0 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,484 • Density190/km² (500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

13114 /13122

Elevation59–286 m (194–938 ft)
(avg. 238 m or 781 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ventabren (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃tabʁɛ̃]) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France.

Geography

The historical village of Ventabren is close to Aix-en-Provence (to the east), 6 km (3.7 mi) away from Coudoux and Velaux to the west.

History

The village dates back to 920–940 AD, when Guillaume I, Count of Provence, had a castle built there.

In 1851 the village comprised 327 houses. Six years later, a railway was built.

The 393-metre long Roquefavour Aqueduct (Aqueduc de Roquefavour), located on the territory of the commune, was built from 1842 to 1847 to convey water from the Durance to Marseille, as part of the Canal de Marseille. It is the world's largest stone aqueduct.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,678	—
1800	960	−7.67%
1806	1,301	+5.20%
1821	1,408	+0.53%
1831	1,357	−0.37%
1836	1,309	−0.72%
1841	1,600	+4.10%
1846	1,844	+2.88%
1851	1,245	−7.56%
1856	1,290	+0.71%
1861	1,301	+0.17%
1866	1,151	−2.42%
1872	1,130	−0.31%
1876	1,121	−0.20%
1881	1,075	−0.83%
1886	1,015	−1.14%
1891	1,019	+0.08%
1896	1,011	−0.16%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	985	−0.52%
1906	988	+0.06%
1911	889	−2.09%
1921	951	+0.68%
1926	896	−1.18%
1931	832	−1.47%
1936	787	−1.11%
1946	889	+1.23%
1954	509	−6.73%
1962	603	+2.14%
1968	934	+7.57%
1975	1,537	+7.38%
1982	2,717	+8.48%
1990	3,742	+4.08%
1999	4,552	+2.20%
2009	4,674	+0.26%
2014	5,067	+1.63%
2020	5,381	+1.01%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968–2020)^[4]

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 Ventabren, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE