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Place details
- Locality
- Saint-Martin-de-Crau
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 11,555
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Travel guide
Understand
Saint-Martin-de-Crau is on a site with several natural areas such as the Crau and the Alpilles. Saint-Martin-de-Crau is first and foremost visited for its nature. Most of the town is in Crau. La Crau, the only arid steppe in Europe, is divided in two with dry Crau and wet Crau, where Crau hay is grown.
Saint-Martin-de-Crau is a relatively young city. It was founded in 1925 by dissociation of Arles. The independence of the city is claimed by the inhabitants of the place as early as 1882.
The city has developed through successive migrations. In the 1950s, melon producers arrived from Cavaillon. In the 1970s, the iron and steel industry in Fos-sur-Mer brought in inhabitants from Lorraine.
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Article · 中文
圣马丹德克罗（法語：Saint-Martin-de-Crau，法语发音：[sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də kʁo]；奧克語：Sant Martin de Crau）是法国罗讷河口省的一个市镇，属于阿尔勒区。
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