Arles

commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Place commune_of_france Q48292
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Arles

Summary

Arles is a commune of France[1]. Arles ranks in the top 0.077% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,026 views/month, #24 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Arles was a member of Wetland City Network[3].
  • Arles is located in Bouches-du-Rhône[4].
  • Arles is located in arrondissement of Arles[5].
  • Arles is located in canton of Arles[6].
  • Arles is located in Communauté d'agglomération Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette[7].
  • Arles is in the country of France[8].
  • Arles is on the body of water Rhône[9].
  • Arles is on the body of water Petit-Rhône[10].
  • Arles's head of government is recorded as Patrick de Carolis[11].
  • Arles's instance of is recorded as commune of France[12].
  • Arles's official language is recorded as French[13].
  • Arles's shares border with is recorded as Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône[14].
  • Arles's shares border with is recorded as Fos-sur-Mer[15].
  • Arles's shares border with is recorded as Saint-Martin-de-Crau[16].
  • Arles's shares border with is recorded as Paradou[17].
  • Arles's shares border with is recorded as Fontvieille[18].
  • Arles's shares border with is recorded as Tarascon[19].
  • Arles's shares border with is recorded as Beaucaire[20].
  • Arles's shares border with is recorded as Fourques[21].
  • Arles's shares border with is recorded as Saint-Gilles[22].
  • Arles's shares border with is recorded as Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer[23].
  • Arles's flag is recorded as flag of Arles[24].
  • Arles's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fulda[25].
  • Arles's twinned administrative body is recorded as Jerez de la Frontera[26].
  • Arles's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pskov[27].

Body

Geography

Arles is in the country of France[8]. Located in include Bouches-du-Rhône[4], a department of France[28], in France[29], founded in 1790[30]; arrondissement of Arles[5], an arrondissement of France[31], in France[32]; canton of Arles[6], a canton of France[33], in France[34], founded in 2015[35]; and Communauté d'agglomération Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette[7], a public institution of intermunicipal cooperation with own taxation[36], in France[37], founded in 2003[38]. Adjacent water bodies include Rhône[9], a river[39], in Switzerland[40] and Petit-Rhône[10], a river[41], in France[42].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+53058'}[43], {'amount': '+53660'}[44], {'amount': '+52886'}[45], {'amount': '+53807'}[46], {'amount': '+52548'}[47], and {'amount': '+51031'}[48].

Designation and Status

Arles's instance of is recorded as commune of France[12].

Why It Matters

Arles ranks in the top 0.077% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,026 views/month, #24 of 31,031).[2] Arles has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Arles is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 2d ago · Jilligate · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coat of arms image → Blason d'Arles.svg
    P14840 → 327, 81
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P94]]: Blason d'Arles.svg"
  2. 24d ago · Maxime Ravel · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14840 → 327, 81
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14840]]: 327"
  3. 7w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Crangon crangon
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2044]], Changing http://web.archive.org/ URLs to https (×2). See [[Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/William_Avery_Bot_14|requ"
  4. 9w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 1784
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 1784, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167474832|ARLES (#167474832)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'n'"
  5. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → arles-france
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: arles-france, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289909670|arles france (#289909670)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  6. 12w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 89279
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 89279, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  7. 14w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0331193-Arles-Francie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0331193-Arles-Francie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259661|batch #259661]]"
  8. 20w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+57'}, {'amount': '+4'}
    Image purged license → —
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Arles
    Member of → —
    + 45 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30066|batch #30066]]"
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