La Crau

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Crau

(2020–2026) Christian Simon^[1]Area

37.87 km² (14.62 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

19,179 • Density510/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

83047 /83260

Elevation15–270 m (49–886 ft)
(avg. 36 m or 118 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Crau (French pronunciation: [la kʁo]; Occitan: La Crau d'Ieras) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,308	—
1975	5,772	+1.20%
1982	8,877	+6.34%
1990	11,257	+3.01%
1999	14,509	+2.86%
2007	16,152	+1.35%
2012	16,592	+0.54%
2017	18,288	+1.97%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Twin towns

La Crau is twinned with:

Villeneuve, Vaud, Switzerland, since 1987
Rosà, Italy, since 2006
Schallstadt, since 2018

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE