Arles
Arles | |
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Left bank o the Rhône in Arles | |
Coordinates: 43°40′36″N 4°37′40″E / 43.67670°N 4.6278°ECoordinates: 43°40′36″N 4°37′40″E / 43.67670°N 4.6278°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Depairtment | Bouches-du-Rhône |
Arrondissement | Arles |
Canton | Arles-Est and Arles-Ouest |
Intercommunality | Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Hervé Schiavetti (PCF) |
Area 1 | 758.93 km2 (293.02 sq mi) |
Population (2012)2 | 52,439 |
• Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 13004 /13200 |
Elevation | 0–57 m (0–187 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Arles (French pronunciation: [aʁl]; Provençal [ˈaʀle] in both clessical an Mistralian norms; Arelate in auncient Laitin) is a ceety an commune in the sooth o Fraunce, in the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment, of which it is a subprefectur, in the umwhile province o Provence.
Twin towns — sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Arles is twinned wi:
- Pskov, Roushie
- Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
- Fulda, Germany
- York, Pennsylvanie, Unitit States
- Cubelles, Spain
- Vercelli, Italy
- Sagné, Mauritanie
- Kalymnos, Greece
- Wisbech, Unitit Kinrick
- Zhouzhuang, Kunshan, Jiangsu, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
- Verviers, Belgium