La Penne-sur-Huveaune

La Penne-sur-Huveaune (French pronunciation: [la pɛn syʁ yvon], literally La Penne on Huveaune; Provençal: La Pena d’Evèuna) is a commune east of Marseille and west of Aubagne along the A50 autoroute in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.

La Penne-sur-Huveaune
Commune
La Penne-sur-Huveaune viewed from the summit of a nearby hill
Coat of arms
Location of La Penne-sur-Huveaune
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Coordinates: 43°16′50″N 5°30′57″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Marseille
Canton	Aubagne
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Nicolas Bazzucchi[1]
Area 1	3.56 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,569
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13070 /13821
Dialling codes	0491
Elevation	70–404 m (230–1,325 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The river Huveaune flows through it, from which the commune derived its name.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 670 —     1800 664 −0.13% 1806 644 −0.51% 1821 670 +0.26% 1831 715 +0.65% 1836 698 −0.48% 1841 722 +0.68% 1846 759 +1.00% 1851 807 +1.23% 1856 768 −0.99% 1861 832 +1.61% 1866 791 −1.01% 1872 782 −0.19% 1876 770 −0.39% 1881 739 −0.82% 1886 697 −1.16% 1891 720 +0.65% 1896 731 +0.30%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 847 +2.99% 1906 875 +0.65% 1911 778 −2.32% 1921 983 +2.37% 1926 1,452 +8.11% 1931 1,657 +2.68% 1936 1,824 +1.94% 1946 2,516 +3.27% 1954 3,078 +2.55% 1962 3,736 +2.45% 1968 4,489 +3.11% 1975 5,095 +1.83% 1982 5,782 +1.82% 1990 5,879 +0.21% 1999 6,005 +0.24% 2007 6,228 +0.46% 2012 6,300 +0.23% 2017 6,436 +0.43%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Penne-sur-Huveaune, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE