Fos-sur-Mer

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Fos-sur-Mer

Total population

15,469

Elevation0 m

Land area92.31 km²

Coordinates43.44°, 4.95°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Fos-sur-Mer is a port town and commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is one of the busiest ports in Europe despite its small size.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Nicolas de Préville

French footballer

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Françoise Autrand

French historian & academic

Stéphane Mifsud

French freediver

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Jean-Baptiste Régis

French Jesuit missionary to China

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Charles Rostaing

French linguist

Roger Milhau

French middle-distance runner

H

Henri Grandsire

French actor

L

Léon-François Sibour

French politician and priest (1807-1864)

N

Nicolas Imbernon

French association football player (1929-1992)

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Auguste Aquaron

French association football player (1904-2001)

Y

Youssef Sekour

Moroccan footballer

Anouk Ricard

French illustrator and comics artist

Frédéric Ferrer

French journalist

H

Henri Arbousset

French poet (1908–2011)

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Jean-Luc Fournier

French association football player (1958-2001)

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Julian Cely

French singer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

• Miramas-le-Vieux
  9.5 mi away
• Salin-de-Giraud
  10.8 mi away
• Sausset-les-Pins
  11 mi away · pop. 7,563
• Carry-le-Rouet
  12.7 mi away · pop. 5,708
• Raphèle-lès-Arles
  18.3 mi away · pop. 2,756
• Moulès
  18.3 mi away · pop. 1,313
• Aureille
  18.6 mi away · pop. 1,541
• Calas
  20.5 mi away
• Vernègues
  20.5 mi away · pop. 2,123
• Paradou
  20.9 mi away · pop. 2,200
• Alleins
  21.4 mi away · pop. 2,764
• Pont-de-Crau
  21.4 mi away

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