Cuges-les-Pins
Cuja (Occitan) | |
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Coordinates: 43°16′38″N 5°42′05″E / 43.2772°N 5.7014°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
Arrondissement | Marseille |
Canton | La Ciotat |
Intercommunality | Aix-Marseille-Provence |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernard Destrost[1] |
Area 1 | 38.81 km2 (14.98 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 5,662 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 13030 /13780 |
Dialling codes | 0491 |
Elevation | 160–1,041 m (525–3,415 ft) (avg. 191 m or 627 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Cuges-les-Pins (French pronunciation: [kyʒ le pɛ̃]; Occitan: Cuja), commonly referred to simply as Cuges, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France.[3] Situated 27 km (17 mi) east of Marseille, on the departmental border with Var, it had a population of 5,244 as of 2019.
On 1 August 1794, Mayor Joseph-Jean Monfray performed the wedding of Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoléon Bonaparte, in Cuges-les-Pins (Mayor Monfray was later convicted on charges of bribery and corruption). Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte would later reign over Naples (1806–1808) and Spain (1808–1813) as Queen consort and King, respectively.[4]
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Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6] |