- Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde
Infobox Commune de France
nomcommune=Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Bouches-du-Rhône
arrondissement=Aix-en-Provence
canton= Aix-en-Provence-Nord-Est
insee=13095
cp=13100
maire=Régis Martin
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Pays d'Aix
longitude=5.52472222222
latitude=43.5486111111
alt moy=395 m
alt mini=241
alt maxi=600 m
hectares=2256
km²=22,56
sans=1078
date-sans=1999
dens=47|Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde is a commune in the
Bouches-du-Rhône department in southernFrance .Location
It is 6 kilometres away from
Aix-en-Provence and Vauvenargues, Bouches-du-Rhône, and solely 3 kilometres away fromLe Tholonet , near theMontagne Sainte-Victoire .The commune includes Bonfillons, Roussillier, Plan de l'Orgue, Savoyards, and Bourg.There are two man-made lakes, namely Bimont and Zola, and a streamlet, the
Prignon .History
In 1239 the land was given to the Lord of
Esparon by Raymond Béranger V, Earl ofProvence .By 1490 Jacques Garde became Lord of Saint-Marc, and twenty years later this was passed on to Dauphine Garde, married to Bertrand de Puget.
In 1723 Saint-Marc was sold to the Meyronnets, a family of advisors in the Provence Parliament. In 1784-1785 Philippe de Meyronnet invited
Lucien Bonaparte andJoseph Bonaparte to his estate.ee also
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Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department References
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