La Roque-d'Anthéron | |
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[1] |
Party: | LREM |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Aix-Marseille-Provence |
Coordinates: | 43.7156°N 5.3114°W |
Elevation M: | 175 |
Elevation Min M: | 128 |
Elevation Max M: | 484 |
Area Km2: | 25.49 |
La Roque-d'Anthéron (pronounced as /fr/; 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. In 2018, La Roque-d'Anthéron had a population of 5,441. 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.
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.