La Destrousse

La Destrousse (French pronunciation: [la dɛstʁus]; Occitan: La Destroça) is a commune in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. The commune was created in 1870 from part of Peypin.^[3]

La Destrousse
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of La Destrousse
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Coordinates: 43°22′29″N 5°36′24″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Marseille
Canton	Allauch
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Lan[1]
Area 1	2.93 km2 (1.13 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,023
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13031 /13112
Dialling codes	0491
Elevation	177–364 m (581–1,194 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. 1872 690 —     1876 593 −3.72% 1881 572 −0.72% 1886 578 +0.21% 1891 629 +1.71% 1896 550 −2.65% 1901 581 +1.10% 1906 644 +2.08% 1911 712 +2.03% 1921 703 −0.13% 1926 702 −0.03% 1931 771 +1.89%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 700 −1.91% 1946 769 +0.94% 1954 688 −1.38% 1962 748 +1.05% 1968 854 +2.23% 1975 1,205 +5.04% 1982 1,755 +5.52% 1990 2,270 +3.27% 1999 2,489 +1.03% 2007 2,736 +1.19% 2012 3,074 +2.36% 2017 3,503 +2.65%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department