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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Provençal
Provençal

Proven?al may refer to*Proven?al, meaning "of Provence", a region of France*The Proven?al of the Occitan language, spoken in the south of France...
 Occitan: Sant Romieg de Provença in classical and Sant Roumié de Prouvènço in Mistralian norms) is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 in the Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône

Bouches-du-Rh?ne is a departments of France in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rh?ne River....
 department in southern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Provençal
Provençal

Proven?al may refer to*Proven?al, meaning "of Provence", a region of France*The Proven?al of the Occitan language, spoken in the south of France...
 Occitan: Sant Romieg de Provença in classical and Sant Roumié de Prouvènço in Mistralian norms) is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 in the Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône

Bouches-du-Rh?ne is a departments of France in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rh?ne River....
 department in southern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

Geography

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is situated about 20 km (12 miles) south of Avignon
Avignon

Avignon is a Communes of France in the Vaucluse Departments of France in southeastern France with an estimated mid-2004 population of 89,300 in the city itself and a population of 290,466 in the aire urbaine at the 1999 census....
, just north of the Alpilles
Alpilles

The Cha?ne des Alpilles is a small Mountain range in Provence, southern France, located about 20 km south of Avignon at approximately ....
 mountain range.

Sights

On the southern outskirts of the city, the ruins of the Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 city of Glanum
Glanum

Glanum was a Ancient Rome city in Gallia Narbonensis? Provence in southern France? sited on the flanks of the Alpilles, a range of mountains in today's Bouches-du-Rhone d?partment....
 can still be seen, including a "Triumphal Arch
Triumphal arch

A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental arch, in theory built to celebrate a victory in war, actually used to celebrate a ruler....
".

Notable residents

  • Saint-Rémy-de-Provence was the birthplace of Nostradamus
    Nostradamus

    Michel de Nostredame , usually Latinized to Nostradamus, was a France apothecary and reputed Prophet who published collections of prophecy that have since become famous worldwide....
    , a 16th century author of prophecies
    Prophecy

    Prophecy, generally, describes the disclosing of information that is not known to the prophet by any ordinary means. In religion, this is thought to be a divinely inspired revelation or interpretation....
    .
  • Marie Gasquet
    Marie Gasquet

    Marie Gasquet , was a French regionist writer from Saint-R?my-de-Provence. She was hailed as queen of the Felibrige in 1892....
    , a Provencal
    Provençal

    Proven?al may refer to*Proven?al, meaning "of Provence", a region of France*The Proven?al of the Occitan language, spoken in the south of France...
     novelist and queen of the Felibrige
    Félibrige

    The F?librige is a literary and cultural association founded in the mid-19th century by Fr?d?ric Mistral and other Proven?al writers to defend and promote the Occitan and literature....
    , was born in Saint-Remy-de-Provence.
  • The painter
    Painting

    Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
     Vincent van Gogh
    Vincent van Gogh

    Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch people Post-Impressionism artist. Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art....
     was treated here in the psychiatric center at Monastery Saint-Paul de Mausole (1889-1890).
  • Princess Caroline of Monaco and her children lived in Saint-Rémy for several years following the death of her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi.


See also

  • Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department


External links

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