Miramas

Miramas
Miramas
	The chapel of Saint Julien, situated in the old cemetery
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	; Coat of arms
	Miramas
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Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Istres
Canton	Istres-Nord
Intercommunality	Ouest Provence
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Frédéric Vigouroux
Area1	25.74 km2 (9.94 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	25,632
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	13063 / 13140
Elevation	0–125 m (0–410 ft); (avg. 49 m or 161 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.

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for the village in New Caledonia see Miramas, Maré

Miramas is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. It is the second-largest commune in metropolitan Ouest-Provence and is located at the north end of the Étang de Berre lagoon, adjacent to and northeast of the city of Istres.

Circuit of Miramas

The Circuit of Miramas is located within 2 km of the town. In 1926 it hosted the French Grand Prix which was won by Frenchman Jules Goux driving a Bugatti T39A. Goux, the son of the superintendent at the Peugeot factory, had earlier became famous for winning the 1913 Indianapolis 500 while reportedly consuming four bottles of champagne during the course of the race. Gouz had been the first foreign winner at Indianapolis.

Today the racetrack is owned by BMW and used as a vehicle test track.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	416	—
1800	376	−9.6%
1806	391	+4.0%
1821	489	+25.1%
1831	547	+11.9%
1836	498	−9.0%
1841	585	+17.5%
1846	858	+46.7%
1851	669	−22.0%
1856	734	+9.7%
1861	918	+25.1%
1866	1,057	+15.1%
1872	1,170	+10.7%
1876	1,040	−11.1%
1881	1,250	+20.2%
1886	1,318	+5.4%
1891	1,520	+15.3%
1896	2,129	+40.1%
1901	2,324	+9.2%
1906	2,487	+7.0%
1911	2,975	+19.6%
1921	5,065	+70.3%
1926	5,161	+1.9%
1931	5,922	+14.7%
1936	6,594	+11.3%
1946	7,310	+10.9%
1954	8,325	+13.9%
1962	9,943	+19.4%
1968	10,544	+6.0%
1975	15,585	+47.8%
1982	20,414	+31.0%
1990	21,602	+5.8%
1999	22,526	+4.3%
2008	25,632	+13.8%