Ceyreste

Ceyreste (French pronunciation: [seʁɛst]; Occitan: Ceiresta) is a commune located about 23 km (14.3 mi) east of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.

Ceyreste
Commune
The bell tower of Ceyreste
Coat of arms
Location of Ceyreste
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Coordinates: 43°12′49″N 5°37′47″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Marseille
Canton	La Ciotat
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Ghigonetto[1]
Area 1	22.61 km2 (8.73 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,847
• Density	214.4/km2 (555.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13023 /13600
Dialling codes	0442
Elevation	57–501 m (187–1,644 ft) (avg. 74 m or 243 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Its inhabitants are called Ceyrestens in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 660 —     1800 638 −0.48% 1806 675 +0.94% 1821 722 +0.45% 1831 700 −0.31% 1836 702 +0.06% 1841 665 −1.08% 1846 620 −1.39% 1851 645 +0.79% 1856 684 +1.18% 1861 729 +1.28% 1866 632 −2.82% 1872 608 −0.64% 1876 610 +0.08% 1881 587 −0.77% 1886 592 +0.17% 1891 629 +1.22% 1896 636 +0.22%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 624 −0.38% 1906 553 −2.39% 1911 627 +2.54% 1921 522 −1.82% 1926 559 +1.38% 1931 591 +1.12% 1936 686 +3.03% 1946 562 −1.97% 1954 949 +6.77% 1962 1,298 +3.99% 1968 1,581 +3.34% 1975 2,037 +3.69% 1982 2,544 +3.23% 1990 3,004 +2.10% 1999 3,636 +2.14% 2007 4,139 +1.63% 2012 4,178 +0.19% 2017 4,584 +1.87%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
• Antoine Sartorio