Paradou

Paradou
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Paradou
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Coordinates: 43°43′16″N4°47′17″E / 43.7211°N 4.7881°E / 43.7211; 4.7881
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Salon-de-Provence-1
Intercommunality	Vallée des Baux-Alpilles
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascale Licari[1]
Area ^1	16.15 km^2 (6.24 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	2,159
• Density	133.7/km^2 (346.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13068 /13520
Elevation	0–162 m (0–531 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Paradou (French pronunciation:[paʁadu], also Le Paradou; Occitan: Lo Parador) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhônedepartment in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 488 —     1806 456 −1.12% 1821 627 +2.15% 1831 617 −0.16% 1836 631 +0.45% 1841 650 +0.60% 1846 672 +0.67% 1851 669 −0.09% 1856 710 +1.20% 1861 782 +1.95% 1866 801 +0.48% 1872 713 −1.92% 1876 720 +0.24% 1881 678 −1.19% 1886 662 −0.48% 1891 583 −2.51% 1896 616 +1.11% 1901 605 −0.36%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 580 −0.84% 1911 622 +1.41% 1921 576 −0.77% 1926 510 −2.40% 1931 547 +1.41% 1936 520 −1.01% 1946 511 −0.17% 1954 516 +0.12% 1962 532 +0.38% 1968 526 −0.19% 1975 640 +2.84% 1982 809 +3.40% 1990 926 +1.70% 1999 1,167 +2.60% 2007 1,276 +1.12% 2012 1,638 +5.12% 2017 2,023 +4.31%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Alpilles
• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

Apses of the Church

References

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. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Paradou, EHESS(in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE