Maillane

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of Maillane

(2020–2026) Eric Lecoffre^[1]Area

16.77 km² (6.47 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,738 • Density160/km² (420/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

13052 /13910

Elevation7–17 m (23–56 ft)
(avg. 12 m or 39 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maillane (French pronunciation: [majan]; Occitan: Malhana) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France in the former province of Provence.

Geography

Maillane is located 7 km (4.3 mi) north-west of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Tarascon.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,200	—
1800	1,324	+1.41%
1806	1,273	−0.65%
1821	1,386	+0.57%
1831	1,505	+0.83%
1836	1,356	−2.06%
1841	1,430	+1.07%
1846	1,507	+1.05%
1851	1,556	+0.64%
1856	1,522	−0.44%
1861	1,541	+0.25%
1866	1,532	−0.12%
1872	1,480	−0.57%
1876	1,390	−1.56%
1881	1,347	−0.63%
1886	1,342	−0.07%
1891	1,383	+0.60%
1896	1,347	−0.53%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,373	+0.38%
1906	1,369	−0.06%
1911	1,407	+0.55%
1921	1,325	−0.60%
1926	1,354	+0.43%
1931	1,372	+0.26%
1936	1,308	−0.95%
1946	1,315	+0.05%
1954	1,306	−0.09%
1962	1,354	+0.45%
1968	1,472	+1.40%
1975	1,430	−0.41%
1982	1,571	+1.35%
1990	1,664	+0.72%
1999	1,880	+1.37%
2007	2,156	+1.73%
2012	2,437	+2.48%
2017	2,582	+1.16%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

People

Maillane was the birthplace of the 19th century poet Frédéric Mistral (1904 Nobel Prize in literature).

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Maillane, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE