Arles

Arles is a city in the south of France. It was built in the 6th century BC by the Greeks. Today more than 50,000 people live there. In the 1880s, the famous painters, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin lived there. Vincent van Gogh painted his famous Sunflowers in Arles.

Arles
Aerial view of Arles
Administration
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Arles
Canton	Arles
Intercommunality	CA Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
Mayor	Hervé Schiavetti (PCF) (2014–2020)
Statistics
Elevation	0–57 m (0–187 ft) (avg. 10 m/33 ft)
Land area1	758.93 km2 (293.02 sq mi)
Population2	52,439  (2012)
- Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	13004/ 13200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Place de la République

The city is at the heart of the Camargue. Not many people live in this region, so there is a lot of free land around Arles. Because of this, Arles is the city in France to have the largest area (nearly 760 square kilometres).

Arles Media

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  Arles Amphitheatre, a Roman arena

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  Passageway in the Amphitheatre

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  Church of St. Trophime and its cloister

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  Aqueduct of Arles at Barbegal

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  Vu depuis la rue du Cloître, donc à l'arrière de la scène

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  The Alyscamps.

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  Arles is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence.

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  Cafe Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh (September 1888), depicts the warmth of a café in Arles

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  Ploughman in the Fields near Arles (1888) by Vincent Van Gogh, National Gallery of Art

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  Calles de Arles