Les Baux-de-Provence

Les Baux-de-Provence

*Lei Bauç de Provença* (Occitan)
Les Baux-de-Provence Lei Bauç de Provença (Occitan)
Commune
	View of the village and its castle from the northwest
	Coat of arms
	Location of Les Baux-de-Provence
	Les Baux-de-Provence Les Baux-de-Provence
	Coordinates: 43°44′38″N 4°47′43″E / 43.7439°N 4.7953°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Salon-de-Provence-1
Intercommunality	Vallée des Baux-Alpilles
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anne Poniatowski
Area 1	18.07 km2 (6.98 sq mi)
Population (2021)	289
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Demonym	Baussencs
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13011 /13520
Elevation	52–310 m (171–1,017 ft)
Website	www.lesbauxdeprovence.com
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Baux-de-Provence (French pronunciation: [le bo də pʁɔvɑ̃s]; lit. "Les Baux of Provence"; Provençal: Lei Bauç de Provença (classical norm) or Li Baus de Prouvènço (mistralian norm)), commonly referred to simply as Les Baux, is a rural commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France.

It is located in the Alpilles mountains, northeast of Arles, atop a rocky outcrop that is crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. Its name refers to its site: in Provençal, bauç is a rocky spur. From the village name the word bauxite was coined for aluminium ore when first discovered there by geologist Pierre Berthier in 1821. Until 13 August 1958, the commune was officially named La Baux.^[3]

Renamed after the historical province of Provence, it is considered one of the most beautiful villages in France and has over 1.5 million visitors per year although it has only about 20 residents in the upper part of the commune and 315 (as of 2020) for the whole commune. Inhabitants of the commune are known as Baussencs (masculine) and Baussenques (feminine) in French.^[4] The commune is part of Alpilles Regional Natural Park.^[5]

^ "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.
^ (in French) Commune des Baux-de-Provence (13011), INSEE.
^ Inhabitants of Bouches-du-Rhône (in French).
^ (in French) Villes et villages, on Alpilles Regional Natural Park (www.parc-alpilles.fr).

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] (in French) Commune des Baux-de-Provence (13011), INSEE.

[4] Inhabitants of Bouches-du-Rhône (in French).

[5] (in French) Villes et villages, on Alpilles Regional Natural Park (www.parc-alpilles.fr).

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