Goat-Beautiful-Air is a common French, located in the department of the Rhone delta and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure. Its inhabitants is called Boucains.

Geography

Goat-Beautiful-air is located between Marseilles, Gardanne and Aix-en-Provence, the old man-village is installed at the top of a small hill (a “Goat” into of Provence). Since this small top, a vision of the chain of star and even of the Luberon is possible.

Goat Bel Air. Goat, (the Bel Air is recent), does not mean “small top” but derived from Latin “Buccum” who means “mouth” taken here in the direction of “passage”, “mouth”. Indeed Bouc Bel Air is to some extent the mouth of the country of Aix. To bring to Port-de-Bouc “the port closer to the mouth”.

A Gallic Village

Goat-Beautiful-air is a village which resists the attacks of the supermarkets. Indeed, it is found there that 2 shopping malls mageurs: that of the village and that of the Field of the Room. One can find thus there, each year, at the time of Christmas, when one enters the field of the Room, a luminous streamer with writing: " The Gaulois village wishes you good festivals! ".

The hill climb

Each year, with Easter, proceeds a hill climb. The departure is on D60, with 50m only red light of Goat-Beautiful-Air and the arrival is near the Village (symbolically, the place where the Town hall is, the castle, etc; in top of the hill). One finds, progressively race, increasingly powerful cars. With each new category, the deputy Richard Mallié (former mayor of Goat-Beautiful-Air) carries out the race in his car. Average time the race is approximately 45 seconds.

Administration

|- | align=center| September 1870 - August 1884 || Alphonse Pautrier ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| August 1884 - May 1888 || Jules Roussin ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| May 1888 - May 1900 || Paul Heirieis ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| May 1900 - December 1919 || Léonor Burle ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| December 1919 - May 1935 || Jules Grill ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| May 1935 - September 1944 || Heloïs Olivier ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| December 1944 - September 1945 || Maximin Camandone ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| September 1945 - October 1947 || Pierre Marroc ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| October 1947 - March 1967 || Maurice Guis ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| April 1967 - March 1971 || Jean Bergeon ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| March 1971 - October 1975 || Elie Nal ||align=" center" | || PS |- | align=center| December 1975 - September 1989 || Antonin Gabelier ||align=" center" | || PS |- | align=center| September 1989 - July 2002 || Richard Mallié ||align=" center" | || UMP |- | align=center| July 2002 -? || Jean-Claude Perrin ||align=" center" | || |- |}

Teaching

The village of Goat-Beautiful-Air is seen allotted a teaching, relatively important, which extends on several communes of which Cabriès, Simiane and Callas. 3 schools there are found:

  • the school of the Pines, in the neighborhoods of Mounine, the side of Luynes

  • the school of the Sheep-fold, near the White Grounds, with the Village
  • the school of the Room, located close to the Shopping mall of the Room

One finds there also a college (the College Georges Brassens) which acceuil the many high ones and of which its recent separation of the pupils of Simiane (in 2004), which can thus profit from a new college and more close to them, a better quality of teaching for a college planned for 550 pupils allowed and who passes from 950 high before this separation to 650 pupils. Nevertheless, one finds there a good quality of teaching and very good performances with the patent of the colleges.

For the higher learning, several colleges are at their disposal:

  • the international college of Luynes, that by defect which acceuil also all pupils in section internationalle.

  • the college of Gardanne, for those which want to move towards the technique
  • the college Emile Zola to Aix-en-Provence which acceuille all pupils dirigant itself towards literary studies.

Demography

Places and monuments

  • gardens of Albertas
  • the door of the church
  • the Castle

Personalities related to the commune

A certain number of famous people resided at Goat-Beautiful-Air:

See too

  • Common of the Rhone delta

External bonds

  • Official site
  • Goat-Beautiful-Air on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Goat-Beautiful-Air on the site of INSEE
  • Goat-Beautiful-Air on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Goat-Beautiful-Air on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Goat-Beautiful-Air on Mapquest
  • official site of the School of battery of Goat Bel Air
  • AVA - Association Orchards Almond trees - District of Goat Bel Air

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