Arles
Subprefecture and commune
Aerial view of Arles
Coat of arms
Location of Arles
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Coordinates: 43°40′36″N 4°37′40″E  /  43.67670°N 4.6278°E  / 43.67670; 4.6278
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhone
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Arles
Intercommunality	CA Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
Government
? Mayor (2014?2020)	Herve Schiavetti ( PCF )
Area 1	758.93 km 2 (293.02 sq mi)
Population   (2012)	52,439
? Density	69/km 2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
INSEE /Postal code	13004 /13200
Elevation	0?57 m (0?187 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arles is a city in the south of France . It was built in the 6th century BC by the Greeks. Today more than 50,000 people live there. In the 1880s , the famous painters, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin lived there. Vincent van Gogh painted his famous Sunflowers in Arles.

The city is at the heart of the Camargue . Not many people live in this region, so there is a lot of free land around Arles. Because of this, Arles is the city in France to have the largest area (nearly 760 square kilometres).

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