Aurons

Coordinates: 43°39′57″N 5°09′30″E / 43.6658°N 5.1583°E / 43.6658; 5.1583
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Aurons
Commune
A view of Aurons
A view of Aurons
Coat of arms of Aurons
Coat of arms
Location of Aurons
Map
Aurons is located in France
Aurons
Aurons
Aurons is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Aurons
Aurons
Coordinates: 43°39′57″N 5°09′30″E / 43.6658°N 5.1583°E / 43.6658; 5.1583
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementAix-en-Provence
CantonPélissanne
IntercommunalityAix-Marseille-Provence
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) André Bertero[1]
Area
1
12.82 km2 (4.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
564
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13008 /13121
Elevation140–330 m (460–1,080 ft)
(avg. 225 m or 738 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aurons (French pronunciation: [oʁɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southern France.

The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[3]

Geography[edit]

Aurons is located in the heart of the Massif des Costes mountains some 6 km north-east of Salon-de-Provence. Access to the commune is by the D16 road from Salon-de-Provence which passes through the centre of the commune north of the village and continues north-east to Alleins. Access to the village is by the D68 road from Pélissanne in the south which passes through the village and joins the D16 just to the north of the village. Route No. 8 of the Libébus network serves the commune.[4] Large forests cover much of the commune but with some farming activity in the north and south.[5]

Tributaries of the Vabre rise in the north of the commune and flow west to join the Vabre. Other streams rise in the east of the commune and flows south.[5]

Seismicity[edit]

Following the decree of 14 May 1991 defining the seismic zoning of France, Bouches-du-Rhône was divided as follows:[6]

Climate[edit]

Climate data below is for the weather station at Salon-de-Provence, 6 km to the south-west, for the period 1981–2010.

Town Sunshine

(hours/yr) 		Rain

(mm/yr)		 Snow

(days/yr)		 Storm

(days/yr)		 Fog

(days/yr)
National average 1,973 770 14 22 40
Aurons[8] - 580 2 20 8
Paris 1,661 637 12 18 10
Nice 2,724 767 1 29 1
Strasbourg 1,693 665 29 29 56
Brest 1,605 1,211 7 12 75

History[edit]

Middle Ages[edit]

From the 12th to the 15th century the priory of Saint-Pierre de Canon belonged to the Abbey of Saint-André Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.[9]

Arimondus of Auronis, squire, was Lord of Aurons. He was descended from an old family of knights that participated in the Pélissanne campaign in the 12th and 13th centuries.[10] He must be differentiated from Squire Raymond d'Aurons, co-lord of Rognonas, who was a member of the family of Rostaing de Auronis, a squire attested in 1345,[11] and the noble Pierre de Auronis, co-lord of Aurons, who ceded his manorial rights to Arimondus in court in 1322.[12] He was the son of Hugues de Auronis, the co-lord of Aurons, and had property in Pélissanne where he owned Montmajour Abbey. Aimondus had a son, Pierre de Auronis, alias "Luperiis".[13]".

The death of Queen Joanna I of Naples created a crisis of succession for the County of Provence with the cities of the Union of Aix (1382-1387) supporting Charles de Duras against Louis I of Anjou. The Lord of Aurons, Raymond, rallied to the Angevins in 1385 after the death of Louis I.[14]

French Revolution[edit]

A Revolutionary Surveillance Committee was established in Aurons in 1793. It could not recruit the twelve members required by the decree of the National Convention and has several simple peasants and illiterates as members. This institution was a mark of the height of democracy of the Revolution. Illiterate members took part in the debates and in turn occupied the post of president. The committee, who were in charge of monitoring the implementation of laws and making lists of suspects, said there were no suspects in the town which was only populated by farmers.[15]

Heraldry[edit]

Arms of Aurons
Arms of Aurons
 Blazon:

Party per fesse, 1 of Gules with an Ox of Or horned the same; 2 of Argent with a bend sinister of Vert.



Administration[edit]

List of Successive Mayors[16]

From To Name Party
1960 2008 Maurice Merendol PS
2008 2014 Robert Coste
2014 2026 André Bertero PS

Population[edit]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auronais or Auronaises in French.[17]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 150—    
1975 247+7.39%
1982 282+1.91%
1990 355+2.92%
1999 515+4.22%
2007 529+0.34%
2012 531+0.08%
2017 551+0.74%
Source: INSEE[18]

Culture and heritage[edit]

Civil heritage[edit]

The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Farmhouse (1) (16th century)[19]
  • A Farmhouse (2) (17th century)[20]
  • A Lavoir (Public laundry) (1887)[21]
  • A House on Grande Rue[22]
  • An Olive Oil Mill (18th century)[23]
  • Aurons Village[24]
  • A Farmhouse at La Reinaude (16th century)[25]
  • A Farmhouse at Petit Sonailler (1651)[26]
  • A Farmhouse at La Giraude (19th century)[27]
  • A Farmhouse at Grand Sonailler (18th century)[28]
  • A Sheep Shed at Vallon de Jeanette (18th century)[29]
  • A Sheep Shed at La Grand Font (18th century)[30]
  • A Fortified Chateau at Le Castellas (9th century)[31]
  • Le Chateau (destroyed) (19th century)[32]
  • A Megalith (Prehistoric)[33]
  • A Lavoir (Public laundry) at Vallon de Léoure (destroyed)[34]

Religious heritage[edit]

The Chapel of Saint-Martin

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Presbytery (17th century)[35]
  • The Monastery Saint-Pierre (13th century)[36]
  • The Chapel Saint-Martin (13th century)[37]
  • The Parish Church (17th century)[38]
  • A Monumental Cross at La Grand Fond (19th century)[39]
  • A Monumental Cross at l'Arénier (19th century)[40]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Aureille in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  4. ^ Libébus website (in French)
  5. ^ a b Google Maps
  6. ^ Seismicity of Bouches-du-Rhône (in French)
  7. ^ Paris, Nice, Strasbourg, Brest
  8. ^ Data from the Station at Salon-de-Provence, sources:Salon-de-Provence
  9. ^ Guy Barruol, Michèle Bois, Yann Codou, Marie-Pierre Estienne, and Élizabeth Sauze, "List of religious entities related to the Abbey of Saint-André from the 10th to the 13th century", in Guy Barruol, Roseline Bacon, and Alain Gérard (directors of publication), The Abbey of Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, history, archaeology, influence, Inter-regional discussions in 1999 on the one thousand year anniversary of the founding of the Abbey Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Éd. Alpes de Lumières, Cahiers de Salagon No. 4, Mane, 2001, 448 p. ISSN 1254-9371, ISBN 2-906162-54-X, p. 214 (in French)
  10. ^ Coulet, Aix, p. 182-183 (in French)
  11. ^ Coulet, directory, p. 5 (in French)
  12. ^ AD of series 13, B459, parchment, 22 February 1322
  13. ^ AD of series 13, B566, parchment (in French)
  14. ^ Geneviève Xhayet, Supporters and adversaries of Louis of Anjou during the war with the Union of Aix Archived July 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Historic Provence, Fédération historique de Provence, volume 40, No. 162, "Author of the war of the Union of Aix", 1990, p. 412 (note 55) (in French)
  15. ^ Jacques Guilhaumou and Martine Lapied, Peasants and politics under the French Revolution from the dossiers of the Surveillance Committees of Bouches-du-Rhône Archived 19 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Rives nord-méditerranéennes, May 2000 (in French)
  16. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  17. ^ Le nom des habitants du 13 - Bouches-du-Rhône, habitants.fr
  18. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000076 Farmhouse 1 (in French)
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000081 Farmhouse 2 (in French)
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000058 Lavoir (in French)
  22. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000080 House on Grande Rue (in French)
  23. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000079 Olive Oil Mill (in French)
  24. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000439 Aurons Village (in French)
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000090 Farmhouse at La Reinaude (in French)
  26. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000089 Farmhouse at Petit Sonailler (in French)
  27. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000088 Farmhouse at La Giraude (in French)
  28. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000087 Farmhouse at Grand Sonailler (in French)
  29. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000086 Sheep Shed at Vallon de Jeanette (in French)
  30. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000085 Sheep Shed at La Grand Font (in French)
  31. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000082 Fortified Chateau at Le Castellas (in French)
  32. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000077 Le Chateau (destroyed) (in French)
  33. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000059 Megalith (in French)
  34. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000057 Lavoir at Vallon de Léoure (in French)
  35. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000078 Presbytery (in French)
  36. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000091 Monastery Saint-Pierre (in French)
  37. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000084 Chapel Saint-Martin (in French)
  38. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000083 Parish Church (in French)
  39. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000056 Monumental Cross at La Grand Fond (in French)
  40. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA13000055 Monumental Cross at l'Arénier (in French)

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