Noves

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Noves
The main square in Noves
The main square in Noves
Coat of arms of Noves
Location of Noves
Map
Noves is located in France
Noves
Noves
Noves is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Noves
Noves
Coordinates: 43°52′12″N 4°54′07″E / 43.87°N 4.902°E / 43.87; 4.902
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementArles
CantonChâteaurenard
IntercommunalityCA Terre de Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Georges Jullien[1]
Area
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27.92 km2 (10.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,853
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13066 /13550
Elevation32–105 m (105–344 ft)
(avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Noves (French pronunciation: [nɔv]; Occitan: Nòvas) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,200—    
1800 1,490+3.14%
1806 1,262−2.73%
1821 1,772+2.29%
1831 1,908+0.74%
1836 1,877−0.33%
1841 1,927+0.53%
1846 2,051+1.26%
1851 2,161+1.05%
1856 2,174+0.12%
1861 2,130−0.41%
1866 2,187+0.53%
1872 2,200+0.10%
1876 2,018−2.14%
1881 2,064+0.45%
1886 2,038−0.25%
1891 2,111+0.71%
1896 2,173+0.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,260+0.79%
1906 2,408+1.28%
1911 2,494+0.70%
1921 2,475−0.08%
1926 2,642+1.31%
1931 2,823+1.33%
1936 2,929+0.74%
1946 2,840−0.31%
1954 2,984+0.62%
1962 3,267+1.14%
1968 3,579+1.53%
1975 3,593+0.06%
1982 3,693+0.39%
1990 4,021+1.07%
1999 4,440+1.11%
2007 5,045+1.61%
2012 5,293+0.96%
2017 5,891+2.16%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Sights

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  • Church of Sainte Baudille, located in the site of a 3rd-century Palaeo-Christian worship area and of a Roman temple. The current building was built by will of the bishops of Avignon in the 10th century
  • Chapel of the White Penitents, built in the 12th century over a former synagogue.
  • Church of Notre-Dame de Piété, founded as a Franciscan hermitage in the 13th century. The current edifice dates to the 1630 and 1720s reconstructions.

Twin towns

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Noves, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE