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Les Baux-de-Provence
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Les Baux-de-Provence
Les Baux-de-Provence
(
Occitan
:
Lei Bauç de Provença
) is a French
commune
in the
Bouches-du-Rhône
department
of the
province
of
Provence
in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
region of southern
France
. It has a spectacular position in the
Alpilles
mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop that is crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. Its name refers to its site: in
Provençal
, a
bauç
is a rocky spur. , The name
bauxite
(
Aluminium
ore) is derived from the village name when it was first discovered there by
geologist
Pierre Berthier
in 1821.
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