Carry-le-Rouet

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Carry-le-Rouet Carri lo Roet (Occitan)
Commune
Carry-le-Rouet Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Carry-le-Rouet
Carry-le-Rouet Location within France Show map of France Carry-le-Rouet Location within Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Show map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Coordinates: 43°19′59″N 5°09′10″E / 43.3331°N 5.1528°E / 43.3331; 5.1528
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)
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Highest elevation	178 m (584 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
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
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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

References

External links

• Official website (in French)

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