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Carry-le-Rouet Carri lo Roet   ( Occitan )
Commune
Carry-le-Rouet Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Carry-le-Rouet
Carry-le-Rouet Show map of France Carry-le-Rouet Show map of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Coordinates: 43°19′59″N 5°09′10″E  /  43.3331°N 5.1528°E  / 43.3331; 5.1528
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhone
Arrondissement	Istres
Canton	Marignane
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
? Mayor (2020–2026)	Rene-Francis Carpentier [1]
Area 1	10 km 2 (4 sq mi)
Population   (2021) [2]	5,708
? Density	570/km 2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
INSEE /Postal code	13021 /13620
Elevation	0?178 m (0?584 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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. ^[3]

Transport [ edit ]

Carry-le-Rouet is served by the Carry-le-Rouet TER PACA railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas?L'Estaque railway.

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  TER PACA service at Carry-le-Rouet station in 2010
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  Station building

Demographics [ edit ]

Personalities [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

• Dietmannsried , Bavaria , Germany
• Busseto , Emilia-Romagna , Italy

See also [ edit ]

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhone department

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official website (in French)

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