Maillane

Maillane
Maillane
Administration
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Mayor	Jacqueline Cornillon (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	7–17 m (23–56 ft) (avg. 12 m/39 ft)
Land area1	16.77 km2 (6.47 sq mi)
Population2	2,219  (2008)
- Density	132 /km2 (340 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	13052/ 13910
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 43°50′01″N 4°46′58″E / 43.8336111111°N 4.78277777778°E / 43.8336111111; 4.78277777778

Maillane (name in French; Malhana in Occitan language) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France in the former province of Provence.

Geography

Maillane is located 7 km (4.3 mi) north-west of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Tarascon.

Population

Historical population of Maillane

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
1200	1324	1273	1386	1505	1356	1430	1507	1556	1522

1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
1541	1532	1480	1390	1347	1342	1383	1347	1373	1369

1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
1407	1325	1354	1372	1308	1315	1306	1354	1472	1430

1982	1990	1999	2008
1571	1664	1884	2219

Personalities

Maillane was the birthplace of the 19th century poet Frédéric Mistral (1904 Nobel Prize in literature).

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

• INSEE