Coudoux

Coudoux
Coudoux
Commune
	The Canal de Marseille enters a tunnel near Coudoux
	Coat of arms
	Location of Coudoux
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	Coordinates: 43°33′31″N 5°14′57″E / 43.5586°N 5.2492°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Aix-en-Provence
Canton	Berre-l'Étang
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Barret
Area 1	12.65 km2 (4.88 sq mi)
Population (2023)	3,825
• Density	302.4/km2 (783.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13118 /13111
Elevation	40–277 m (131–909 ft) ; (avg. 103 m or 338 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coudoux (French pronunciation: [kuduks];^[3]^[4] Occitan: Codoç) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Location

It is 17 km (11 mi) away from Aix-en-Provence, 20 km (12 mi) away from Salon-de-Provence, and nearly 40 km (25 mi) away from Marseille. As for villages, it is 3 km (1.9 mi) away from Velaux, 4 km (2.5 mi) away from La Fare-les-Oliviers, 5 km (3.1 mi) away from Ventabren and about 10 km (6.2 mi) away from Éguilles.

History

As early as the 16th century, there were two hamlets, "Petit Coudoux" (Small Coudoux) and "Grand Coudoux" (Big Coudoux). However, these were part of the commune of Ventabren and it was only in 1950 that Coudoux was made a commune in its own right.^[5]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1954	457	—
1962	579	+3.00%
1968	880	+7.23%
1975	1,042	+2.44%
1982	2,228	+11.47%
1990	2,360	+0.72%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1999	2,868	+2.19%
2007	3,352	+1.97%
2012	3,470	+0.69%
2017	3,765	+1.65%
2023	3,825	+0.26%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2023)^[6]

Sister Cities

Coudoux has been twinned with Owingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany since 1991 and Baone, Padua, Italy since 2004.^[7]

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ COUDOUX : La vaccination ouverte à tous les majeurs, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 2 June 2021
↑ Coudoux 2019 Le Film, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 2 June 2021
1 2 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Coudoux, EHESS (in French).
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
↑ "Gemeinde Owingen". www.owingen.de (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2025.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.

[2] "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

[3] COUDOUX : La vaccination ouverte à tous les majeurs, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 2 June 2021

[4] Coudoux 2019 Le Film, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 2 June 2021

[ehess-5] 1 2 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Coudoux, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-6] Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

[7] "Gemeinde Owingen". www.owingen.de (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2025.

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