Saint-Martin-de-Crau

Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Commune
The church in Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Saint-Martin-de-Crau Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Coordinates: 43°38′27″N 4°48′48″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Salon-de-Provence-2
Intercommunality	CA Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Christophe Laufray
Area 1	214.87 km2 (82.96 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	13,729
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Demonym	Saint-Martinois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13097 /13310
Elevation	2–447 m (6.6–1,466.5 ft) (avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-de-Crau (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də kʁo]; Provençal: Sant Martin de Crau) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Saint-Martinois.

Population

Saint-Martin-de-Crau has the lowest population density of all communes in metropolitan France that have a population exceeding 12,000 inhabitants (2012). With a land area of 214.87 km² (82.962 sq mi), it is the fifth-largest commune in geographic area in metropolitan France (after Arles, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Laruns, and Marseille).

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1926 2,303 —     1931 2,487 +1.55% 1936 2,361 −1.03% 1946 2,487 +0.52% 1954 2,824 +1.60% 1962 3,075 +1.07% 1968 3,257 +0.96%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 5,551 +7.91% 1982 10,155 +9.01% 1990 11,040 +1.05% 1999 11,013 −0.03% 2007 11,215 +0.23% 2012 12,072 +1.48% 2017 13,389 +2.09%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Crau in Saint Martin de Crau

Twin towns

Saint-Martin-de-Crau is twinned with:

• , Markgröningen, Germany

See also

• Alpilles
• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

External links

• Official Web site