Gémenos

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

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

Coat of arms

Location of Gémenos

(2020–2026) Roland Giberti^[1]Area

32.75 km² (12.64 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,794 • Density210/km² (540/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

13042 /13420

Dialling codes0442Elevation104–1,041 m (341–3,415 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gémenos (French pronunciation: [ʒɛm(ə)nɔs];^[3]^[4] Occitan: Gèmas) is a commune located 20 kilometers east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,408	—
1800	1,115	−3.28%
1806	1,229	+1.64%
1821	1,447	+1.09%
1831	1,832	+2.39%
1836	1,835	+0.03%
1841	1,802	−0.36%
1846	1,809	+0.08%
1851	1,861	+0.57%
1856	1,815	−0.50%
1861	1,752	−0.70%
1866	1,660	−1.07%
1872	1,486	−1.83%
1876	1,534	+0.80%
1881	1,564	+0.39%
1886	1,554	−0.13%
1891	1,468	−1.13%
1896	1,498	+0.41%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,555	+0.75%
1906	1,510	−0.59%
1911	1,444	−0.89%
1921	1,520	+0.51%
1926	1,430	−1.21%
1931	1,437	+0.10%
1936	1,547	+1.49%
1946	2,008	+2.64%
1954	2,194	+1.11%
1962	2,597	+2.13%
1968	2,807	+1.30%
1975	3,029	+1.09%
1982	4,548	+5.98%
1990	5,025	+1.25%
1999	5,481	+0.97%
2007	5,945	+1.02%
2012	6,198	+0.84%
2017	6,502	+0.96%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[6]

History

A property abstract belonging to Wilhem, Count of Marseilles, dating back to February 9 934, noted for the first time the existence of a castrum named Geminas at the entry of the Saint Pons valley.

In 1204, the bishop of Marseilles Rainier founded the Cistercian abbey of Saint Pons.

Around the 15th century, Geminas was deserted.

In 1563 the Marquis d'Albertas Nicolas and his brother Gaspard, both of Italian origin, acquired the demesne of Gémenos, leading to the development of Gémenos as it is known today.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ France 3 Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur. "Gémenos: tentative de braquage".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ France 3 Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur. "Les braqueurs de Gémenos arrêtés".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Gémenos, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE