Velaux

Velaux (French pronunciation: [vəlo]; Occitan: Velaurs) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is near Coudoux and Ventabren.

Velaux
Commune
A view of the old village of Velaux
Coat of arms
Location of Velaux
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Coordinates: 43°31′43″N 5°15′23″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Aix-en-Provence
Canton	Berre-l'Étang
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yannick Guérin[1]
Area 1	25.23 km2 (9.74 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	8,827
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Velauxien (masculine) Velauxienne (feminine)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13112 /13880
Elevation	27–270 m (89–886 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Velaux is an old Provençal village set on a hill overlooking the high plains of the inland west side of Aix. It is located in the middle of the Aix-Marseille-Salon region and is surrounded by greenery and vine-covered hills. Velaux is in the countryside while being close to major urban centers in the region.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 954 —     1800 1,102 +2.08% 1806 1,054 −0.74% 1821 1,257 +1.18% 1831 1,242 −0.12% 1836 1,176 −1.09% 1841 1,183 +0.12% 1846 1,173 −0.17% 1851 1,024 −2.68% 1856 1,170 +2.70% 1861 1,061 −1.94% 1866 1,120 +1.09% 1872 1,150 +0.44% 1876 1,014 −3.10% 1881 849 −3.49% 1886 772 −1.88% 1891 781 +0.23% 1896 789 +0.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 789 +0.00% 1906 748 −1.06% 1911 689 −1.63% 1921 684 −0.07% 1926 719 +1.00% 1931 792 +1.95% 1936 737 −1.43% 1946 753 +0.22% 1954 1,006 +3.69% 1962 1,360 +3.84% 1968 1,690 +3.69% 1975 2,638 +6.57% 1982 5,447 +10.91% 1990 7,265 +3.67% 1999 7,603 +0.51% 2007 8,305 +1.11% 2012 8,664 +0.85% 2017 8,689 +0.06%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Sights

• Église paroissiale
• Tour-musée de Velaux
• Moulin Segneurial
• Le site archéologique de Roquepertuse
• Ciné-club (CCDV)

Sport

The local football club in Velaux is called US Velaux. It was founded in 1961, and the senior men's team competes in the tenth tier of French football.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department