Port-de-Bouc

Port-de-Bouc (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ də buk]; Occitan: Lo Pòrt de Boc) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Southern France.

Port-de-Bouc
Commune
Aigues Douces area
Coat of arms
Location of Port-de-Bouc
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Coordinates: 43°24′21″N 4°59′21″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Istres
Canton	Martigues
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Belsola[1]
Area 1	11.46 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	16,138
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13077 /13110
Elevation	0–68 m (0–223 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 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. 1866 1,379 —     1872 995 −5.29% 1876 929 −1.70% 1881 1,473 +9.66% 1886 1,442 −0.42% 1891 1,479 +0.51% 1896 1,300 −2.55% 1901 2,239 +11.49% 1906 2,602 +3.05% 1911 3,437 +5.72% 1921 4,141 +1.88% 1926 4,385 +1.15% 1931 5,695 +5.37%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 6,163 +1.59% 1946 6,625 +0.73% 1954 8,551 +3.24% 1962 12,510 +4.87% 1968 14,080 +1.99% 1975 21,424 +6.18% 1982 20,106 −0.90% 1990 18,786 −0.85% 1999 16,686 −1.31% 2007 16,968 +0.21% 2012 17,112 +0.17% 2017 16,516 −0.71%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department