Venelles

Also known as Venèla

Venelles (; ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France near Aix-en-Provence. The current mayor is Arnaud Mercier.

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Venelles is a commune in France, situated within the Bouches-du-Rhône department and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It is part of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence, the canton of Trets, and the Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence. The municipality shares borders with Aix-en-Provence, Meyrargues, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, and Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde. Its residents are known as Venellois.

The area of Venelles is 20.54 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 442 meters. The population is recorded as 8,539, comprising 4,005 males and 4,378 females. The postal code for the commune is 13770.

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Vinony's link graph records 132 inbound references to Venelles, and connects out to France, time zone and Marseille.

It is catalogued under topics including Bouches-du-Rhône communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia, Communes of Bouches-du-Rhône and Geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia.

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Place details

Locality: Venelles
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country: France
Population: 7,917
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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Key facts

French commune.name: Venelles
French commune.commune status: Commune
French commune.image: Clocher de l'Eglise - Venelles (13).JPG
French commune.caption: The bell tower of the church of Venelles
French commune.image coat of arms: Blason de la vile de Venelle (13).svg
French commune.arrondissement: Aix-en-Provence
French commune.canton: Trets
French commune.INSEE: 13113
French commune.postal code: 13770
French commune.mayor: Arnaud Mercier
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality: Aix-Marseille-Provence
French commune.elevation m: 409
French commune.elevation min m: 254
French commune.elevation max m: 442
French commune.area km2: 20.54

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Official website

Accueil - Ville de Venelles

Retrouvez tous les services et démarches, les informations pratiques, les actualités et événements de la Ville de Venelles.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of France
Official name: Venelles
Demonym: Venellois
Country: France
Located in: Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence
Population: 8418
Area: 20.54
Elevation: 350
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde
Official website: venelles.fr
Image: Clocher de l'Eglise - Venelles (13).JPG

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Commons category: Venelles
postal code: 13770
associated electoral district: canton of Trets
male population: 4005
female population: 4378
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email address: mailto:[email protected]
contact page URL: www.venelles.fr/infos-utiles/contact
phone number: +33-4-42-54-16-16
fax number: +33-4-42-54-10-71

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Encyclopedic overview

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Venelles (; ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France near Aix-en-Provence. The current mayor is Arnaud Mercier.

==History== In 15 BC, there was a Roman settlement there. It was then destroyed by the Lombards in 574 AD, and again in the 11th century by the Saracens.

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