Tarascon
Tarascon is a locality in Tarascon, Arrondissement of Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and has about 14,700 residents. Tarascon is situated nearby to the neighborhood Quartier Kilmaine, as well as near the town Beaucaire.Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Jacques de Tarascon and Town hall of Tarascon.
Église Saint-Jacques de Tarascon
Church
The Église Saint-Jacques de Tarascon is a Roman Catholic church in Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. It was built between 1740 and 1750 and was listed as a Monument historique in 1994.
Château de Tarascon
Castle
The Château de Tarascon is a medieval castle in Tarascon in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the south of France. The fortress stands on the banks of the Rhône opposite Château de Beaucaire, and near St Martha's Collegiate Church and ensured the security of the western border of Provence.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quartier Kilmaine and Beaucaire.
Beaucaire
Town
Beaucaire is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. In 2020, the commune was awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
Montfrin
Village
Montfrin is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Montfrin is situated 10 km northwest of Tarascon.
Tarascon
- Type: Locality with 14,700 residents
- Postal code: 13150
- Location: Tarascon, Arrondissement of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.80583° or 43° 48′ 21″ north
Longitude
4.66028° or 4° 39′ 37″ east
Population
14,700
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Name during the French Revolution
“Barra”
Name during the French Revolution
“Marat”
United Nations Location Code
FR TSC
Open location code
8FM6RM46+84
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Tarascon” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Тараскон”
- Catalan: “Tarascó”
- Cebuano: “Tarascon”
- Chinese: “塔拉斯孔”
- Dutch: “Tarascon”
- French: “Tarascon”
- German: “Tarascon”
- Italian: “Tarascona”
- Japanese: “タラスコン”
- Polish: “Tarascon”
- Portuguese: “Tarascon”
- Russian: “Тараскон”
- Sicilian: “Tarascuni”
- Spanish: “Tarascón”
- Swedish: “Tarascon”
- Ukrainian: “Тараскон”
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