Vitrolles, Bouches-du-Rhône
# Vitrolles, Bouches-du-Rhône

Vitrolles (French pronunciation: ​; Occitan: Vitròla) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France, located about 20.6 km (12.8 mi) from Marseille. It is the largest suburb of the city of Aix-en-Provence and is adjacent to its southwest side.

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| - | - | - |
| 1793 | 1,045 | — |
| 1800 | 972 | −1.03% |
| 1806 | 1,058 | +1.42% |
| 1821 | 1,209 | +0.89% |
| 1831 | 1,244 | +0.29% |
| 1836 | 1,124 | −2.01% |
| 1841 | 1,128 | +0.07% |
| 1846 | 1,213 | +1.46% |
| 1851 | 1,200 | −0.22% |
| 1856 | 1,176 | −0.40% |
| 1861 | 1,148 | −0.48% |
| 1866 | 1,339 | +3.13% |
| 1872 | 1,256 | −1.06% |
| 1876 | 1,082 | −3.66% |
| 1881 | 1,010 | −1.37% |
| 1886 | 1,007 | −0.06% |
| 1891 | 910 | −2.01% |
| 1896 | 910 | +0.00% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 892 | −0.40% |
| 1906 | 875 | −0.38% |
| 1911 | 819 | −1.31% |
| 1921 | 794 | −0.31% |
| 1926 | 812 | +0.45% |
| 1931 | 841 | +0.70% |
| 1936 | 819 | −0.53% |
| 1946 | 1,293 | +4.67% |
| 1954 | 2,523 | +8.72% |
| 1962 | 3,366 | +3.67% |
| 1968 | 5,050 | +6.99% |
| 1975 | 13,413 | +14.98% |
| 1982 | 22,725 | +7.82% |
| 1990 | 35,397 | +5.70% |
| 1999 | 36,784 | +0.43% |
| 2007 | 37,479 | +0.23% |
| 2012 | 34,843 | −1.45% |
| 2017 | 33,310 | −0.90% |

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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :

## Twin towns – sister cities

Vitrolles is twinned with:

* Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany

## Administration

List of mayors of Vitrolles:

* 1800–1808: Paul Gueidon
* 1808–1812: Pierre Joseph Gabriel Bertrand
* 1813–1817: Louis Barrigue de Monvalon
* 1817–1823: Jacques Pierre Hilarion Audibert
* 1824–1830: Louis Martin
* 1830–1831: Honoré-Etienne Emery
* 1831–1837: Hyppolite Baret
* 1837–1842: André Guilhen
* 1842–1844: Joseph Constant
* 1844–1846: Barthélemy Bontoux
* 1847–1848: Jean-Etienne Bonsignour
* 1848–1848: Casimir Berard
* 1848–1850: Jean-Joseph Audibert
* 1850–1850: Louis Faren
* 1850–1863: Honoré Lataud
* 1863–1865: Jean-Pierre Christophe
* 1865–1867: Jules Aimard
* 1867–1870: Jean Antoine Audibert
* 1870–1874: François Hilaire Touche
* 1874–1878: Lucien Sauvat
* 1878–1892: François Hilaire Touche
* 1892–1908: Vital Rouard
* 1908–1912: Pierre Gustave Constant
* 1912–1925: Cyprien Touche
* 1825–1944: Jules Guibaud
* 1944–1954: Henri Loubet
* 1954–1966: Victor Martin
* 1966–1977: Henri Bremond
* 1977–1983: Pierre Scelles
* 1983–1997: Jean-Jacques Anglade
* 1997–2002: Catherine Mégret
* 2002–2009: Guy Obino
