Mouriès

Mouriès
Coat of arms
Location of Mouriès
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Eyguières
Intercommunality	Vallée des Baux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Santoire
Area 1	38.35 km2 (14.81 sq mi)
Population  (2008)	3,085
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13065 /13890
Elevation	1–280 m (3.3–918.6 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mouriès is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1800	1,966	—
1806	1,643	−16.4%
1821	1,936	+17.8%
1831	1,789	−7.6%
1836	1,845	+3.1%
1841	1,830	−0.8%
1846	1,890	+3.3%
1851	2,003	+6.0%
1856	2,101	+4.9%
1861	2,163	+3.0%
1866	2,242	+3.7%
1872	2,200	−1.9%
1876	2,060	−6.4%
1881	1,964	−4.7%
1886	1,995	+1.6%
1891	1,690	−15.3%
1896	1,680	−0.6%
1901	1,648	−1.9%
1906	1,500	−9.0%
1911	1,500	+0.0%
1921	1,453	−3.1%
1926	1,417	−2.5%
1931	1,300	−8.3%
1936	1,300	+0.0%
1946	1,307	+0.5%
1954	1,383	+5.8%
1962	1,434	+3.7%
1968	1,631	+13.7%
1975	1,865	+14.3%
1982	2,283	+22.4%
1990	2,505	+9.7%
1999	2,752	+9.9%
2008	3,085	+12.1%

Economy

Mouriès is known for its olive oil production, calling itself "the olive oil capital of France" (a claim disputed by Nyons, further north). There are still two working olive oil mills in town, including one which allows tours. In December of every year there is a festival celebrating the end of the harvest and the new oil, with a small parade and the benediction of the oil, along with various markets.

Wednesday is market day. The small tourism office in town supplies a list of all of the market days in the area. In winter the market here is much larger than in the other towns in the area (Maussane, Aureille or Eygalières).

Sights

The town sits on an old Roman road, and there has been a settlement here since the Celto-Ligurian days. The old oppidum of the ligurians is still visible on les Caisses de Jean-Jean at the eastern end above the golf course.

Transportation

A bus connects the town with Arles to the west and Salon-de-Provence in the east.

See also

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Tourism office website
• Webpage about Mouriès Template:Fr icon
• Bus schedule Template:Fr icon