Carry-le-Rouet

Carry-le-Rouet Carri lo Roet (Occitan)
Commune
Carry-le-Rouet Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Carry-le-Rouet
Carry-le-Rouet Carry-le-Rouet
Coordinates: 43°19′59″N 5°09′10″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Istres
Canton	Marignane
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	René-Francis Carpentier
Area 1	10 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	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.

Harbour Panorama of 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.

Transport

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	290	—
1800	245	−2.38%
1806	268	+1.51%
1821	363	+2.04%
1831	356	−0.19%
1836	465	+5.49%
1841	503	+1.58%
1846	507	+0.16%
1851	502	−0.20%
1856	470	−1.31%
1861	499	+1.20%
1866	477	−0.90%
1872	567	+2.92%
1876	537	−1.35%
1881	547	+0.37%
1886	499	−1.82%
1891	561	+2.37%
1896	582	+0.74%
1901	531	−1.82%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	564	+1.21%
1911	1,339	+18.88%
1921	565	−8.27%
1926	265	−14.05%
1931	353	+5.90%
1936	410	+3.04%
1946	646	+4.65%
1954	1,069	+6.50%
1962	1,739	+6.27%
1968	2,353	+5.17%
1975	3,304	+4.97%
1982	4,570	+4.74%
1990	5,224	+1.69%
1999	6,009	+1.57%
2007	6,342	+0.68%
2012	6,197	−0.46%
2017	5,823	−1.24%
2023	5,702	−0.35%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2023)

Personalities

• 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

• Dietmannsried, Bavaria, Germany
• Busseto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

External links

• Official website (in French)