Saint-Cannat

Coordinates: 43°37′12″N 5°17′55″E / 43.62°N 5.2986°E / 43.62; 5.2986
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Saint-Cannat
Sant Canat (Occitan)
Saint-Cannat Town Hall
Saint-Cannat Town Hall
Coat of arms of Saint-Cannat
Location of Saint-Cannat
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Saint-Cannat is located in France
Saint-Cannat
Saint-Cannat
Saint-Cannat is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Cannat
Saint-Cannat
Coordinates: 43°37′12″N 5°17′55″E / 43.62°N 5.2986°E / 43.62; 5.2986
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementAix-en-Provence
CantonPélissanne
IntercommunalityAix-Marseille-Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jacky Gérard[1]
Area
1
36.54 km2 (14.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,653
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
DemonymSaint-Cannadens
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13091 /13760
Elevation159–391 m (522–1,283 ft)
(avg. 212 m or 696 ft)
Websitesaint-cannat.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Cannat (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kana]; Occitan: Sant Canat) is a commune in the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is located just northwest of Aix-en-Provence, seat of the larger arrondissement.

History[edit]

The village was named after Canus Natus, a fifth century Roman Catholic Saint, who was a Roman clergyman born with white hair, a quirk synonymous with great wisdom at the time.[3] He was buried in Saint-Cannat, although there was no such place at the time, but soon enough several houses were built into a hamlet.[3]

In the twelfth century, Archbishop Pierre mentioned, 'Castrum Santi - Cannati' in a paper.[3]

In the thirteenth century, villagers turned on their archbishop and pledged allegiance to the Lord of the Baux-de-Provence, and then to the Kings of Sicily (namely, Frederic III of Aragon, or perhaps Louis XIII).[3] This, however, only lasted three years.[3] In the same century, the Knights Templar established a settlement there.[3]

Pierre André de Suffren was born here on 17 July 1729.[3] A century later, Alphonse Tavernier, a poet, was born here on 27 November 1852.

On 11 June 1909 a terrible earthquake destroyed almost everything.[3] Shortly after, the houses were re-built in the same architectural style.[3] Both in 1984 and 1994 huge floods ravaged most houses.[3]

It has retained several fountains dating back to the 17th and 18th century, the remains of the medieval ramparts and the chateau, which today houses the town hall and museum.[3] The Route nationale 7 bisects the village.

There is a polo club, Polo Club de Saint Cannat, opened in the 1970s.[4] It organizes the Open d'Aix and the Tournoi de Noel every year.[5]

There is also an entertainment park called Village des automates.[6]

It is also home to the winery Château de Beaupré, started by Baron Emile Double (1869-1938) in 1890.[7]

The creek Budéou flows through the village.

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,759—    
1800 2,009+1.92%
1806 1,921−0.74%
1821 1,813−0.39%
1831 1,655−0.91%
1836 1,701+0.55%
1841 1,721+0.23%
1846 1,994+2.99%
1851 2,006+0.12%
1856 1,983−0.23%
1861 1,929−0.55%
1866 1,812−1.24%
1872 1,710−0.96%
1876 1,535−2.66%
1881 1,403−1.78%
1886 1,269−1.99%
1891 1,235−0.54%
1896 1,212−0.38%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,292+1.29%
1906 1,232−0.95%
1911 1,278+0.74%
1921 1,058−1.87%
1926 1,135+1.41%
1931 1,137+0.04%
1936 1,074−1.13%
1946 1,034−0.38%
1954 1,086+0.62%
1962 1,254+1.81%
1968 1,675+4.94%
1975 1,862+1.52%
1982 2,384+3.59%
1990 3,918+6.41%
1999 4,634+1.88%
2009 5,470+1.67%
2014 5,644+0.63%
2020 5,648+0.01%
Source: EHESS[8] and INSEE (1968–2020)[9]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k official website Archived 2007-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Polo Club de Saint Cannat
  5. ^ Horace A. Laffaye, The Polo Encyclopedia, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2004, p. 330
  6. ^ Village des automates
  7. ^ History
  8. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Cannat, EHESS (in French).
  9. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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