Berre-l'Étang

Berre- l'Étang ( Occitan: Berra de l' Estanh or Berro de l' Estang ) is a commune with 13,840 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bouches -du -Rhône in the Provence- Alpes- Côte Riviera; it belongs to the district Istres and Canton Berre- l'Étang.

Geography

Berre- l'Étang is located on the Etang de Berre, 30 km from Marseille and Aix -en- Provence. Here flows the River Arc in several creeks in the marsh.

History

• " Berra " Cité in the 11th century
• In the 12th and 13th centuries a Seigneurie the Lords of Les Baux, which was responsible for the founding of the market in 1291.
• In the 15th century the barony of Charles of Maine
• In the Huguenot wars of the Duke of Savoy besieged.
• In the 17th century in the possession of the Duke of Beaufort, 1715 in the possession of the Duke of Villars, from 1770 until the French Revolution in the hands of Les Galliffet

Demographics

From 1962 only residents with a primary residence

Attractions

• Remains from the Roman period
• The Tour Carrée, the rest of the city wall
• The Maison des Lions, the former mansion
• Church of Saint -Césaire, Romanesque- Gothic parish church since 1041
• Chapel of Notre -Dame-de - Caderot, 3rd Century, destroyed on the remains of a pagan temple in the Huguenot wars, rebuilt in the 17th century

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Alex Métayer, French comedian
• Albert Emon, French football coach
• David Vuillemin, French motocross rider