Aubagne

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Aubagne is a small commune located 17 km east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of southern France.

The French Foreign Legion has its headquarters there.

Geography

It is located in the Huveaune valley and surrounded by the mountain ranges of Garlaban, and Sainte-Baume to the north and Douard to the south. It was the first commune in France to be completely surrounded by autoroutes.

Natives

• François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy (1747–1830), Director of the First French Republic
• Alain Bernard (born 1983), swimmer
• François-Urbain Domergue (1745–1810), grammarian and journalist
• Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974), novelist, playwright and filmmaker.

External links

• http://www.aubagne.com/

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