Éguilles

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 Éguilles

(2020–2026) Robert Dagorne^[1]Area

34.07 km² (13.15 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,220 • Density240/km² (620/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

13032 /13510

Elevation140–315 m (459–1,033 ft)
(avg. 250 m or 820 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Éguilles (French pronunciation: [eɡɥij]; Occitan: Agulha [aˈɣyʎɔ, aˈɡyjɔ])^[3] is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is halfway between Saint-Cannat and Aix-en-Provence.

History

Tracks of an early settlement dating back to the 3rd century BC have been found. However, it appears that in 124BC those tracks were destroyed.^[4]

In the 16th century, there were attacks from Aix-en-Provence and Les Baux-de-Provence, and the Castle was destroyed.^[4] In 1790 there were 180 inhabitants, mostly shepherds.^[4]

In the 19th century many inhabitants left owing to the Industrial Revolution.^[4] By 1936 there were only 730 inhabitants.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,561	—
1800	2,500	−0.34%
1806	2,594	+0.62%
1821	2,442	−0.40%
1831	2,280	−0.68%
1836	2,168	−1.00%
1841	1,970	−1.90%
1846	1,885	−0.88%
1851	1,766	−1.30%
1856	1,758	−0.09%
1861	1,780	+0.25%
1866	1,704	−0.87%
1872	1,551	−1.56%
1876	1,343	−3.54%
1881	1,143	−3.17%
1886	946	−3.71%
1891	895	−1.10%
1896	966	+1.54%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	853	−2.46%
1906	881	+0.65%
1911	843	−0.88%
1921	708	−1.73%
1926	763	+1.51%
1931	758	−0.13%
1936	728	−0.80%
1946	777	+0.65%
1954	827	+0.78%
1962	1,181	+4.55%
1968	2,016	+9.32%
1975	3,033	+6.01%
1982	4,473	+5.71%
1990	5,950	+3.63%
1999	7,127	+2.03%
2007	7,544	+0.71%
2012	7,453	−0.24%
2017	7,856	+1.06%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[6]

Personalities

Jean Joseph Marius Diouloufet, Provençal writer, was born in Eguilles on 19 September 1771.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ The most probable Occitan name is Agulha but, according to other sources, it may be Aguilha.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Eguilles Village France Provence Bouches du Rhone 13
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Éguilles, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE