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Fontvieille, Bouches du Rhône

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Country
  
France

Canton
  
Arles-Est

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Tuesday 4:48 AM

Department
  
Bouches-du-Rhône

Population (2012)
  
3,653

Area
  
40.18 km²

Arrondissement
  
Arles

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Region
  
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Weather
  
8°C, Wind N at 11 km/h, 83% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Alphonse Daudet's Mill, Barbegal aqueduct and mill, La meunerie hydrauliq, ドーデの風車

Fontvieille (Occitan: Fòntvielha) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Contents

Map of Fontvieille, France

History

The commune was created in 1790, out of the territory of Arles.

Sights

  • Alphonse Daudet's windmill
  • Barbegal aqueduct and mill, a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune
  • Twin towns

    Fontvieille is twinned with Santa Maria a Monte, Italy, since 1991.

    References

    Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône Wikipedia