Cuges-les-Pins
Also known as Cuja, Cuja dei Pins
Cuges-les-Pins (; ), commonly referred to simply as Cuges, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is situated east of Marseille, on the departmental border with Var.
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- Cuges-les-Pins
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,919
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Cuges-les-Pins (; ), commonly referred to simply as Cuges, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is situated east of Marseille, on the departmental border with Var.
==History== On 1 August 1794, Mayor Joseph-Jean Monfray performed the wedding of Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoléon Bonaparte, in Cuges-les-Pins (Mayor Monfray was later convicted on charges of bribery and corruption). Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte would later reign over Naples (1806–1808) and Spain (1808–1813) as Queen consort and King, respectively.
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