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La Crau

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La Crau

Total population

19,179

Air quality index

52Moderate
Elevation15 m
Land area37.87 km²
Coordinates43.15°, 6.07°

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City facts

Elevation
15 m
Area
37.87 km²
Official website
www.villedelacrau.fr

Sister cities

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

La Crau is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Read more on Wikipedia

History & geography

Geography

Latitude
43.1497
Longitude
6.0737
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Moderate
52
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
9.2
PM10 (µg/m³)
12.3
Ozone (µg/m³)
107
NO₂ (µg/m³)
1.8

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
156,865
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Greater Flamingo
    Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 · Aves
    2,691
  • Common Shelduck
    Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    2,305
  • Yellow-legged Gull
    Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
    2,255
  • Eurasian Magpie
    Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    2,159
  • Black-headed Gull
    Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    2,109
  • Black-winged Stilt
    Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,891
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
    Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
    1,789
  • Mastic Tree
    Pistacia lentiscus L. · Magnoliopsida
    1,742

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
49
Largest magnitude
4.1
Largest event
2024-09-14

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

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

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.31
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,573

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
153
Avg daily Wikipedia views
5
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of La Crau, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Official Identifiers

INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics

INSEE code
83047
Department
83
Region
93
Population (Wikidata)
19,556

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Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikidata
  • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
  • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr