Carry-le-Rouet
Carry-le-Rouet (French pronunciation: [kaʁi lə ʁwɛ]; Occitan: Carri lo Roet) or simply Carry is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is a seaside resort 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue, reached via motorway A55 then route D5, at the foot of pine-covered hills. It is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis. Every February, Les Oursinades festival takes place, celebrating the consumption of sea urchins, various shellfish and other seafood.
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Carry-le-Rouet
Carri lo Roet (Occitan) | |
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Carry-le-Rouet Town Hall | |
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| Coordinates: 43°19′59″N 5°09′10″E / 43.3331°N 5.1528°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Istres |
| Canton | Marignane |
| Intercommunality | Aix-Marseille-Provence |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | René-Francis Carpentier[1] |
Area 1 | 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,702 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 13021 /13620 |
| Elevation | 0–178 m (0–584 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |

Carry-le-Rouet (French pronunciation: [kaʁi lə ʁwɛ]; Occitan: Carri lo Roet) or simply Carry is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is a seaside resort 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue, reached via motorway A55 then route D5, at the foot of pine-covered hills. It is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.
Every February, Les Oursinades festival takes place, celebrating the consumption of sea urchins, various shellfish and other seafood.[3]
Transport
[edit]Carry-le-Rouet is served by the Carry-le-Rouet TER PACA railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas–L'Estaque railway.
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TER PACA service at Carry-le-Rouet station in 2010
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Station building
Demographics
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Personalities
[edit]- Comic actor Fernandel, who built his family's house above the beach in the 1930s.
- The singer Nina Simone, who lived out the last years of her life in Carry-le-Rouet and died there in 2003.
Sister cities
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ "Les Oursinades festival". Carry-le-Route Office de Tourisme. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carry-le-Rouet, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
[edit]- Official website (in French)
