- Source: Carry-le-Rouet
Carry-le-Rouet (French pronunciation: [kaʁi lə ʁwɛ]; Occitan: Carri lo Roet) or simply Carry is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is a seaside resort 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue, reached via motorway A55 then route D5, at the foot of pine-covered hills. It is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.
Every February, Les Oursinades festival takes place, celebrating the consumption of sea urchins, various shellfish and other seafood.
Transport
Carry-le-Rouet is served by the Carry-le-Rouet TER PACA railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas–L'Estaque railway.
Demographics
Personalities
Comic actor Fernandel, who built his family's house above the beach in the 1930s.
The singer Nina Simone, who lived out the last years of her life in Carry-le-Rouet and died at her home in 2003.
Sister cities
Dietmannsried, Bavaria, Germany
Busseto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
See also
Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
References
External links
Official website (in French)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Komune di departemen Bouches-du-Rhône
- Daftar stasiun SNCF di Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Marseille
- Arondisemen Marseille
- Bouches-du-Rhône
- Arondisemen Aix-en-Provence
- Arondisemen Istres
- Arles
- Arondisemen Arles
- Aix-en-Provence
- Carry-le-Rouet
- Sausset-les-Pins
- Hoverboard
- Nina Simone
- 2024 in aquatic sports
- Busseto
- Les Baux-de-Provence
- Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
- Precious coral
- Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
