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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Carry-le-Rouet
(
French pronunciation:
[ka?i
l?
?w?]
;
Occitan
:
Carri lo Roet
) or simply
Carry
is a
commune
in the
Bouches-du-Rhone
department
in the
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
region
in
Southern France
. It is a seaside resort 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of
Marseille
, on the
Cote Bleue
, reached via motorway
A55
then route D5, at the foot of pine-covered hills. It is part of the
Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis
.
Every February,
Les Oursinades
festival takes place, celebrating the consumption of
sea urchins
, various shellfish and other seafood.
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Transport
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Carry-le-Rouet is served by the Carry-le-Rouet
TER PACA
railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas?L'Estaque railway.
Demographics
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Historical population
Year
| Pop.
| ±% p.a.
|
---|
1793
| 290
| ?
|
---|
1800
| 245
| ?2.38%
|
---|
1806
| 268
| +1.51%
|
---|
1821
| 363
| +2.04%
|
---|
1831
| 356
| ?0.19%
|
---|
1836
| 465
| +5.49%
|
---|
1841
| 503
| +1.58%
|
---|
1846
| 507
| +0.16%
|
---|
1851
| 502
| ?0.20%
|
---|
1856
| 470
| ?1.31%
|
---|
1861
| 499
| +1.20%
|
---|
1866
| 477
| ?0.90%
|
---|
1872
| 567
| +2.92%
|
---|
1876
| 537
| ?1.35%
|
---|
1881
| 547
| +0.37%
|
---|
1886
| 499
| ?1.82%
|
---|
1891
| 561
| +2.37%
|
---|
1896
| 582
| +0.74%
|
---|
| Year
| Pop.
| ±% p.a.
|
---|
1901
| 531
| ?1.82%
|
---|
1906
| 564
| +1.21%
|
---|
1911
| 1,339
| +18.88%
|
---|
1921
| 565
| ?8.27%
|
---|
1926
| 265
| ?14.05%
|
---|
1931
| 353
| +5.90%
|
---|
1936
| 410
| +3.04%
|
---|
1946
| 646
| +4.65%
|
---|
1954
| 1,069
| +6.50%
|
---|
1962
| 1,739
| +6.27%
|
---|
1968
| 2,353
| +5.17%
|
---|
1975
| 3,304
| +4.97%
|
---|
1982
| 4,570
| +4.74%
|
---|
1990
| 5,224
| +1.69%
|
---|
1999
| 6,016
| +1.58%
|
---|
2009
| 6,320
| +0.49%
|
---|
2014
| 5,908
| ?1.34%
|
---|
2020
| 5,705
| ?0.58%
|
---|
|
Source: EHESS
[4]
and INSEE (1968?2020)
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Personalities
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- Comic actor
Fernandel
, who built his family's house above the beach in the 1930s.
- The singer
Nina Simone
, who lived out the last years of her life in Carry-le-Rouet and died at her home in 2003.
Sister cities
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See also
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