Cuges-les-Pins

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Cuges-les-Pins Cuja (Occitan)
Commune
A view of Cuges-les-Pins with the Sainte-Baume in the background A view of Cuges-les-Pins with the Sainte-Baume in the background
Coat of arms of Cuges-les-Pins Coat of arms
Location of Cuges-les-Pins Map
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Coordinates: 43°16′38′′N 5°42′05′′E / 43.2772°N 5.7014°E / 43.2772; 5.7014
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)	Bernard Destrost^[1]
Area ¹	38.81 km² (14.98 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	5,949
• Density	150/km² (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13030 /13780
Dialling codes	0491
Elevation	160–1,041 m (525–3,415 ft) (avg. 191 m or 627 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cuges-les-Pins (French pronunciation: [kyʒlepɛ̃] ; Occitan: Cuja), commonly referred to simply as Cuges, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France.^[3] Situated 27 km (17 mi) east of Marseille, on the departmental border with Var, it had a population of 5,244 as of 2019.

History

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On 1 August 1794, Mayor Joseph-Jean Monfray performed the wedding of Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoléon Bonaparte, in Cuges-les-Pins (Mayor Monfray was later convicted on charges of bribery and corruption). Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte would later reign over Naples (1806–1808) and Spain (1808–1813) as Queen consort and King, respectively.^[4]

Demographics

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Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,540	—
1800	1,486	−0.51%
1806	1,504	+0.20%
1821	1,735	+0.96%
1831	1,855	+0.67%
1836	1,804	−0.56%
1841	1,709	−1.08%
1846	1,666	−0.51%
1851	1,692	+0.31%
1856	1,603	−1.07%
1861	1,538	−0.82%
1866	1,501	−0.49%
1872	1,450	−0.57%
1876	1,434	−0.28%
1881	1,302	−1.91%
1886	1,260	−0.65%
1891	1,207	−0.86%
1896	1,119	−1.50%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	997	−2.28%
1906	935	−1.28%
1911	894	−0.89%
1921	741	−1.86%
1926	808	+1.75%
1931	749	−1.51%
1936	721	−0.76%
1946	754	+0.45%
1954	847	+1.46%
1962	1,109	+3.43%
1968	1,433	+4.36%
1975	1,282	−1.58%
1982	1,875	+5.58%
1990	2,655	+4.44%
1999	3,754	+3.92%
2007	4,708	+2.87%
2012	4,922	+0.89%
2017	5,080	+0.63%