La Roque-d'Anthéron
La Roque-d'Anthéron (Provençal: La Ròca d'Antarron) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, it is located on the departmental border with Vaucluse. Silvacane Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery founded in 1144 by monks from Morimond Abbey, is located in La Roque-d'Anthéron, east of the town centre.
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La Roque-d'Anthéron (Provençal: La Ròca d'Antarron) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, it is located on the departmental border with Vaucluse. Silvacane Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery founded in 1144 by monks from Morimond Abbey, is located in La Roque-d'Anthéron, east of the town centre.
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• Name — La Roque-d'Anthéron • Native Name — La Ròca d'Antarron • Commune Status — Commune • Image Coat Of Arms — Blason de la ville de La Roque-d'Anthéron (13).svg • Arrondissement — Aix-en-Provence • Canton — Pélissanne • Insee — 13084 • Postal Code — 13640 • Mayor — Jean-Pierre Serrus • Term — 2026–32 • Party — LREM • Intercommunality — Aix-Marseille-Provence • Elevation M — 175 • Elevation Min M — 128 • Elevation Max M — 484 • Area Km2 — 25.49 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes La Roque-d'Anthéron (Provençal: La Ròca d'Antarron) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, it is located on the departmental border with Vaucluse. Silvacane Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery founded in 1144 by monks from Morimond Abbey, is located in La Roque-d'Anthéron, east of the town centre.
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Cited in 1037 under the name of Roca, the village then had a varying etymology being named La Rocca d'An Tarron (in 1200), Roccha Tarroni (in 1274) and then Rocca d'en Tarron.
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