Gémenos

Gémenos (French pronunciation: [ʒɛm(ə)nɔs];^[3][4] Occitan: Gèmas) is a commune located 20 kilometers east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.

Gémenos
Commune
Saint-Pons Park
Coat of arms
Location of Gémenos
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Coordinates: 43°17′46″N 5°37′37″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)	Roland Giberti[1]
Area 1	32.75 km2 (12.64 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	6,678
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13042 /13420
Dialling codes	0442
Elevation	104–1,041 m (341–3,415 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,408 —     1800 1,115 −3.28% 1806 1,229 +1.64% 1821 1,447 +1.09% 1831 1,832 +2.39% 1836 1,835 +0.03% 1841 1,802 −0.36% 1846 1,809 +0.08% 1851 1,861 +0.57% 1856 1,815 −0.50% 1861 1,752 −0.70% 1866 1,660 −1.07% 1872 1,486 −1.83% 1876 1,534 +0.80% 1881 1,564 +0.39% 1886 1,554 −0.13% 1891 1,468 −1.13% 1896 1,498 +0.41%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,555 +0.75% 1906 1,510 −0.59% 1911 1,444 −0.89% 1921 1,520 +0.51% 1926 1,430 −1.21% 1931 1,437 +0.10% 1936 1,547 +1.49% 1946 2,008 +2.64% 1954 2,194 +1.11% 1962 2,597 +2.13% 1968 2,807 +1.30% 1975 3,029 +1.09% 1982 4,548 +5.98% 1990 5,025 +1.25% 1999 5,481 +0.97% 2007 5,945 +1.02% 2012 6,198 +0.84% 2017 6,502 +0.96%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

History

A property abstract belonging to Wilhem, Count of Marseille, dating back to February 9 934, noted for the first time the existence of a castrum named Geminas at the entry of the Saint Pons valley.

In 1204, the bishop of Marseille Rainier founded the Cistercian abbey of Saint Pons.

Around the 15th century, Geminas was deserted.

In 1563 the Marquis d'Albertas Nicolas and his brother Gaspard, both of Italian origin, acquired the demesne of Gémenos, leading to the development of Gémenos as it is known today.

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department