Puyloubier

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Puyloubier
Commune
Foreign Legion invalid home
Coat of arms
Location of Puyloubier
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Coordinates: 43°31′33″N 5°40′12″E / 43.5258°N 5.67°E / 43.5258; 5.67
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Aix-en-Provence
Canton	Trets
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Guinieri[1]
Area 1	40.85 km2 (15.77 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,783
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13079 /13114
Elevation	239–1,007 m (784–3,304 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Puyloubier (French pronunciation: [pɥilubje]; Occitan: Pueglobier) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

In Puyloubier can be found the Institution des invalides de la Légion étrangère which is a retirement home for former members of the French Foreign Legion.^[3]

Population

Personalities linked to the commune

• Servin de Puyloubier, hermit and martyr, massacred by the Visigoths.
• Jacques Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 1 May 1680, died in Paris on 10 August 1754.
• Jean-Baptiste Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 17 April 1720, nephew of Jacques Rigaud.
• Rosalie Margalet, mother of the poet Victor Gélu, costumier, born in Puyloubier on 3 April 1770, died on 7 March 1854.
• Jean Planque, painter and collector of Swiss art, stayed here between 1948 and 1951.
• Francis Méano, international footballer, born in Puyloubier on 22 May 1931, died in a car accident near Reims on 26 June 1953.
• Pierre-Paul Jeanpierre, colonel in the Foreign Légion, killed in combat in 1958 near Guelma (Algeria,) interred in the carré des légionnaires in Puyloubier cemetery.
• Yvonne Gamy, actress, born Marseille on 10 June 1904, died in Marseille on 10 February 1997, was a longtime resident of Puyloubier.

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

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