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Coordinates: 43°17′27″N 5°34′15″E / 43.2908333333°N 5.57083333333°E
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Commune of Aubagne |
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  Aubagne
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| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône (13) |
| Arrondissement | Marseille |
| Canton | Chief of two cantons: Aubagne-Est Aubagne-Ouest |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Etoile |
| Mayor | Daniel Fontaine (PC) (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 74–701 m (240–2,300 ft) (avg. 101 m/330 ft) |
| Land area1 | 54.9 km2 (21.2 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 42,900 (2005) |
| - Density | 781 /km2 (2,020 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13005/ 13400 |
| Dialling code | 0442 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Aubagne is a small commune located 17 km (11 mi) east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of southern France.
The French Foreign Legion has its headquarters there. Public transport has been free at the point of use since the year 2000.
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Geography
It is located in the Huveaune valley and surrounded by the mountain ranges of Garlaban, and Sainte-Baume to the north and Douard to the south. It was the first commune in France to be completely surrounded by autoroutes.
Miscellaneous
Natives
- François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy (1747–1830), Director of the First French Republic
- Alain Bernard (born 1983), swimmer
- François-Urbain Domergue (1745–1810), grammarian and journalist
- Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974), novelist, playwright and filmmaker.
In popular culture
Aubagne is referred to frequently in the film Manon des Sources.
External links
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- (French) http://www.aubagne.com/
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