Carry-le-Rouet

Carry-le-Rouet (French pronunciation: [kaʁi lə ʁwɛ]; Occitan: Carri lo Roet) or simply Carry is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is a seaside resort 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue, reached via motorway A55 then route D5, at the foot of pine-covered hills. It is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.

Carry-le-Rouet Carri lo Roet (Occitan)
Commune
Carry-le-Rouet Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Carry-le-Rouet
Carry-le-Rouet Show map of France Carry-le-Rouet Show map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Coordinates: 43°19′59″N 5°09′10″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Istres
Canton	Marignane
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René-Francis Carpentier[1]
Area 1	10 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,717
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13021 /13620
Elevation	0–178 m (0–584 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Every February, Les Oursinades festival takes place, celebrating the consumption of sea urchins, various shellfish and other seafood.^[3]

Transport

Carry-le-Rouet is served by the Carry-le-Rouet TER PACA railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas–L'Estaque railway.

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  TER PACA service at Carry-le-Rouet station in 2010
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  Station building

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 290 —     1800 245 −2.38% 1806 268 +1.51% 1821 363 +2.04% 1831 356 −0.19% 1836 465 +5.49% 1841 503 +1.58% 1846 507 +0.16% 1851 502 −0.20% 1856 470 −1.31% 1861 499 +1.20% 1866 477 −0.90% 1872 567 +2.92% 1876 537 −1.35% 1881 547 +0.37% 1886 499 −1.82% 1891 561 +2.37% 1896 582 +0.74%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 531 −1.82% 1906 564 +1.21% 1911 1,339 +18.88% 1921 565 −8.27% 1926 265 −14.05% 1931 353 +5.90% 1936 410 +3.04% 1946 646 +4.65% 1954 1,069 +6.50% 1962 1,739 +6.27% 1968 2,353 +5.17% 1975 3,304 +4.97% 1982 4,570 +4.74% 1990 5,224 +1.69% 1999 6,016 +1.58% 2009 6,320 +0.49% 2014 5,908 −1.34% 2020 5,705 −0.58%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2020)[5]

Personalities

• Comic actor Fernandel, who built his family's house above the beach in the 1930s.
• The singer Nina Simone, who lived out the last years of her life in Carry-le-Rouet and died at her home in 2003.

Sister cities

• Dietmannsried, Bavaria, Germany
• Busseto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department