Noves

Not to be confused with Novés.

For other uses, see Nove (disambiguation).

Noves (French pronunciation: [nɔv]; Occitan: Nòvas) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Noves
Commune
The main square in Noves
Coat of arms
Location of Noves
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Coordinates: 43°52′12″N 4°54′07″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Châteaurenard
Intercommunality	CA Terre de Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Georges Jullien[1]
Area 1	27.92 km2 (10.78 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,853
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13066 /13550
Elevation	32–105 m (105–344 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,200 —     1800 1,490 +3.14% 1806 1,262 −2.73% 1821 1,772 +2.29% 1831 1,908 +0.74% 1836 1,877 −0.33% 1841 1,927 +0.53% 1846 2,051 +1.26% 1851 2,161 +1.05% 1856 2,174 +0.12% 1861 2,130 −0.41% 1866 2,187 +0.53% 1872 2,200 +0.10% 1876 2,018 −2.14% 1881 2,064 +0.45% 1886 2,038 −0.25% 1891 2,111 +0.71% 1896 2,173 +0.58%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,260 +0.79% 1906 2,408 +1.28% 1911 2,494 +0.70% 1921 2,475 −0.08% 1926 2,642 +1.31% 1931 2,823 +1.33% 1936 2,929 +0.74% 1946 2,840 −0.31% 1954 2,984 +0.62% 1962 3,267 +1.14% 1968 3,579 +1.53% 1975 3,593 +0.06% 1982 3,693 +0.39% 1990 4,021 +1.07% 1999 4,440 +1.11% 2007 5,045 +1.61% 2012 5,293 +0.96% 2017 5,891 +2.16%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Sights

• Church of Sainte Baudille, located in the site of a 3rd-century Palaeo-Christian worship area and of a Roman temple. The current building was built by will of the bishops of Avignon in the 10th century
• Chapel of the White Penitents, built in the 12th century over a former synagogue.
• Church of Notre-Dame de Piété, founded as a Franciscan hermitage in the 13th century. The current edifice dates to the 1630 and 1720s reconstructions.

Twin towns

• Calcinaia, Italy

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
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 Noves, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE