Velaux

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 Velaux

(2020–2026) Yannick Guérin^[1]Area

25.23 km² (9.74 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,713 • Density350/km² (890/sq mi)Demonym(s)Velauxien (masculine)
Velauxienne (feminine)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

13112 /13880

Elevation27–270 m (89–886 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Velaux (French pronunciation: [vəlo]; Occitan: Velaurs) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is near Coudoux and Ventabren.

Velaux is an old Provençal village set on a hill overlooking the high plains of the inland west side of Aix. It is located in the middle of the Aix-Marseille-Salon region and surrounded by greenery and hills of vines. Velaux is in the countryside while being close to major urban centers in the region.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	954	—
1800	1,102	+2.08%
1806	1,054	−0.74%
1821	1,257	+1.18%
1831	1,242	−0.12%
1836	1,176	−1.09%
1841	1,183	+0.12%
1846	1,173	−0.17%
1851	1,024	−2.68%
1856	1,170	+2.70%
1861	1,061	−1.94%
1866	1,120	+1.09%
1872	1,150	+0.44%
1876	1,014	−3.10%
1881	849	−3.49%
1886	772	−1.88%
1891	781	+0.23%
1896	789	+0.20%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	789	+0.00%
1906	748	−1.06%
1911	689	−1.63%
1921	684	−0.07%
1926	719	+1.00%
1931	792	+1.95%
1936	737	−1.43%
1946	753	+0.22%
1954	1,006	+3.69%
1962	1,360	+3.84%
1968	1,690	+3.69%
1975	2,638	+6.57%
1982	5,447	+10.91%
1990	7,265	+3.67%
1999	7,603	+0.51%
2007	8,305	+1.11%
2012	8,664	+0.85%
2017	8,689	+0.06%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Sights

Église paroissiale
Tour-musée de Velaux
Moulin Segneurial
Le site archéologique de Roquepertuse
Ciné-club (CCDV)

Sport

The local football club in Velaux is called US Velaux. It was founded in 1961, and the senior men's team competes in the tenth tier of French football.^[5]

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.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Velaux, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "US VELAUX : site officiel du club de foot de Velaux". US VELAUX (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2021.