Lançon-Provence

Lançon-Provence
Saint-Cyr Chapel
Coat of arms
Lançon-Provence
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Lançon-Provence
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Aix-en-Provence
Canton	Pélissanne
Intercommunality	Salon-Étang de Berre-Durance
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Georges Virlogeux
Area1	68.92 km2 (26.61 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	8,010
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	13051 / 13680
Elevation	3–236 m (9.8–774.3 ft) (avg. 107 m or 351 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lançon-Provence (also known as Lançon-de-Provence) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,112	—
1800	2,209	+4.6%
1806	2,211	+0.1%
1821	2,090	−5.5%
1831	2,060	−1.4%
1836	2,015	−2.2%
1841	1,934	−4.0%
1846	1,906	−1.4%
1851	1,943	+1.9%
1856	1,909	−1.7%
1861	1,996	+4.6%
1866	2,022	+1.3%
1872	1,749	−13.5%
1876	1,663	−4.9%
1881	1,508	−9.3%
1886	1,473	−2.3%
1891	1,325	−10.0%
1896	1,290	−2.6%
1901	1,285	−0.4%
1906	1,262	−1.8%
1911	1,125	−10.9%
1921	960	−14.7%
1926	947	−1.4%
1931	948	+0.1%
1936	921	−2.8%
1946	1,034	+12.3%
1954	1,428	+38.1%
1962	1,664	+16.5%
1968	2,018	+21.3%
1975	2,743	+35.9%
1982	3,990	+45.5%
1990	6,224	+56.0%
1999	6,688	+7.5%
2008	8,010	+19.8%

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

• INSEE

External links

• (French) Official website