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Lambesc
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azurvillage
Lambesc
Total population
9,991
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Overview
Lambesc is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.
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History
To the west of Lambesc, within 500 metres north of the old riverbed of "The Concernade", a small Neolithic settlement with evidence of post holes was discovered during the work of LGV Méditerranée. Another settlement was discovered in 1995 in a nearby valley. Traces of occupation (homes, septic, lithic material) from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age have been found. The site was reoccupied until the Bronze Age IIIb (as evidenced by funerary structure type mounds, a mold foundry, and a small dwelling) before being finally abandoned in the Iron Age. Lambesc has evidence of a Celtic-Ligurian settlement (Saluvii) Salyens and of the Tritolii, tribes which have left a multitude of sites (oppidum establishment of plains, places of worship etc.). There is also evidence of many trade partners, including the Etruscans, the Greeks of Massilia in particular, the other tribes of the federation Salyens or even of Liguria and Rome. Archaeologists have found that Lambesc was already occupied in the Bronze Age and Iron Age. There are also many hill forts and open institutions, which show the diversity of cultivated soils and development of metallurgical activities. They have also founded a market which took the name "Oppidum Amboliacense", which came to supply the Greek Massilia (1st and 2nd century BC). However, the perennial animosity, and a few violent conflicts between the Greeks of Marseilles and its hinterland natives led to the call from Marseilles for Roman intervention against the aboriginals. In 124 BC, Romans of Flaccus Flaccus occupied the whole territory, including the province of Gaul Narbonne. What remained of the army of Salyens Toutomotulus, its king and its leaders, fled and found refuge with the Savoyards. The last Salyens revolt in the region was in…
Geography
Lambesc is located on a hillside in the Massif de la Trévaresse, 1.5 km from the Canal de Marseille. It is 20 km from Aix-en-Provence and Gare d'Aix-en-Provence TGV, 15 km from Salon de Provence, 30 km from Marignane and the Marseille Provence Airport, and 60 km from Avignon
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Nearby places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Cazan3.7 mi away
- Vernègues5 mi away · pop. 2,123
- Pont Royal5.5 mi away
- Alleins6.1 mi away · pop. 2,764
- Saint-Estève-Janson7 mi away · pop. 372
- Cadenet7.9 mi away · pop. 4,292
- Puyvert8.3 mi away · pop. 819
- Villelaure9.4 mi away · pop. 3,337
- Sénas11.1 mi away · pop. 6,838
- Ansouis11.6 mi away · pop. 1,061
- Bonnieux11.9 mi away · pop. 1,177
- Pertuis12.4 mi away · pop. 20,012
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 13050
- Department
- 13
- Region
- 93
- Population (Wikidata)
- 10,024
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • 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