Carry-le-Rouet

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Carry-le-Rouet Carri lo Roet (Occitan)
Commune
Carry-le-Rouet Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Carry-le-Rouet
(2020–2026)		René-Francis Carpentier^[1]
Area ¹	10 km² (4 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	5,708
• 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.

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.^[3]

Transport

Carry-le-Rouet is served by the Carry-le-Rouet TER PACA railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas–L'Estaque railway.

TER PACA service at Carry-le-Rouet station in 2010
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%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	531	−1.82%
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	6,016	+1.58%
2009	6,320	+0.49%
2014	5,908	−1.34%
2020	5,705	−0.58%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968–2020)^[5]

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 at her home in 2003.

Sister cities

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Les Oursinades festival". Carry-le-Route Office de Tourisme. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carry-le-Rouet, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE