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Explore La Tête Noire
The district La Tête Noire of Rognac in Bouches-du-Rhône (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region) is located in France about 395 mi south of Paris, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Aix-en-Provence, Istres, Marseille, Apt and Carpentras. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 58 °F
Morning Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
Evening Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
Night Temperature | 14°C / 56 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 60% |
Air Pressure | 1023 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 15% of sky |
General Conditions | Few clouds |
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
14°C (58 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
13°C (55 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Broken clouds, strong breeze.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Scattered clouds, fresh breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Golden Tulip Marseille Airport (ex Holiday Inn Express)
Pullman Marseille Provence Aéroport
Kyriad - Marseille - Les Pennes Mirabeau Aeroport
Best Western Marseille Aeroport
Campanile Vitrolles Griffon
ibis Styles Marseille Provence Aéroport (Ex Novotel)
Campanile Marseille Vitrolles Anjoly
Comfort Hotel Marseille Airport
ibis Marseille Provence Aéroport
Kyriad MARSEILLE PROVENCE - Aéroport
Videos from this area
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Vitrolles es tu connectée ?
Une nouvelle rubrique pour la fameuse "EMISSION" de T2JV. Lancement de "Vitrolles es tu connectée ?". Une série de micro-trottoirs, avec ce mois-ci, Sammy et Bradley qui questionnent la culture...
2014/02/09 Bmx Coupe de Provence Vitrolles Masters - Finale
BMX Race à VITROLLES le 09/02/2014 3ème manche de la coupe de Provence FINALE en 4 manches Catégorie Masters.
2014/10/19 Bmx Race Vitrolles Trophée d'automne Benjamin Novice - Demi Finale
BMX Race à VITROLLES le 19/10/2014 2ème manche du Trophée d'Automne 1/2 FINALE Catégorie Benjamin Novice.
Présentation club arts martiaux de Vitrolles - Dojo Fudoshin
http://www.karatedo-vitrolles.fr Club d'arts martiaux de Vitrolles. Le Dojo Fudoshin vous présente ses cours de Karaté, de Muay thai, de Tai chi chuan, de Qi gong. Inscriptions et renseignements...
Hystérectomie en ambulatoire à la Clinique de Vitrolles
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2012-05-27 Bmx Coupe de Provence Vitrolles Elite Régional Finale.mp4
BMX Race à Vitrolles le 27/05/2012 7ème manche (FINALE) de la Coupe de Provence Finale Elite Régional.
2014/02/09 Bmx Coupe de Provence Vitrolles Poussin 1 - Finale
BMX Race à VITROLLES le 09/02/2014 3ème manche de la coupe de Provence FINALE Catégorie Poussin 1.
vtt plateau de vitrolles
Sortie plateau de Vitrolles, sortie de 30km. Vtt Specialized fsr xc et Lapierre fs700.
Harlem Shake Temple du foot/Le five - Vitrolles
L'association Vatos Locos Vidéo et Le Temple du foot (le five) à Vitrolles se réunisent pour vous présenter leur Harlem Shake ! Un film réalisé dans le cadre des « ateliers itinérants...
Flashmob Vitrolles Téléthon 2012 v1 2
Apprendre la chorégraphie pour le flash mob à Vitrolles du Téléthon 2012 (dimanche 9 décembre)
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Air France Flight 8969
Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at Algiers, where they killed three passengers, with the intention to blow up the plane over the Eiffel Tower in Paris. When the aircraft reached Marseille, the GIGN, an intervention group of the French National Gendarmerie, stormed the plane and killed all four hijackers. The GIA's plan appeared to foreshadow the September 11 attacks.
Roquepertuse
Acropolis Roquepertuse is a historical religious center for the Celts. It is located near the city of Velaux, north of Marseille and west of Aix-en-Provence, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région of southern France. Roquepertuse had no domiciles available for worshippers and has been used as a sanctuary where only priests may have lived permanently. It was destroyed by the Romans in 124 BC and was discovered in 1860. Most of the excavations were done in 1923 by H. de Gérin-Ricard.
Salon-de-Provence Air Base
Salon-de-Provence Air Base (French: Base aérienne 701 Salon-de-Provence or BA 701) is a base of the French Air Force located 4 km south Salon-de-Provence in southern France.
Camp des Milles
The Camp des Milles was a French internment camp, opened in September 1939, in a former tile factory near the village of Les Milles, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence.
L'Estaque
L'Estaque is a small French fishing village just west of Marseille. Administratively, it belongs to the commune of Marseille. Many artists of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods visited or resided there or in the surrounding area. Many of them painted village scenes, the road leading to the village, and the view of the Bay from the village.
Battle of the River Berre
At the Battle of the River Berre in 737 Frankish forces under the command of Charles Martel intercepted a sizeable Arab force sent from Al-Andalus and led by Uqba ibn al-Hayyay to relieve the siege of Narbonne. The battle, which took place at the mouth of the River Berre (now in the Département of Aude), was a significant victory for Martel in the campaigns of 736-737. During this period Martel effectively prevented greater Umayyad expansion beyond the Pyrenees.
Stade Francis Turcan
Stade Francis Turcan is a multi-use stadium in Martigues, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Martigues. The stadium is able to hold 11,500 people.
Arc (Provence)
The Arc is an 83 km long river in the south of France. It arises at an altitude of 470 m, close to the village of Pourcieux. It then passes through Aix-en-Provence before flowing into the Étang de Berre, a lake to the west of Marseille. Its drainage basin, with a surface area of 727 km², is divided between two départments, Var and Bouches-du-Rhône.
Étang de Berre
The Étang de Berre is a lagoon on the Mediterranean coast of France, about 25km north-west of Marseille.
Château de l'Empéri
The Château de l'Empéri is a 9th century castle built on the rock of Puech which dominates the immense plain of Crau in the commune of Salon-de-Provence in the Bouches-du-Rhône département of France. It is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. The castle was the residence of the archbishops of Arles as well as the Holy Roman emperors. It is from the latter that the castle derives its name of the Empire which at this time included the East bank of the Rhône River.
Gare de Pas-des-Lanciers
Gare de Pas-des-Lanciers is a railway station in southern France. It is located in the hamlet of Pas-des-Lanciers, on the territory of the commune of Saint-Victoret. It is situated on the Paris–Marseille railway.
Aix-en-Provence TGV railway station
Aix-en-Provence TGV is a passenger railway station on the LGV Méditerranée high-speed line in southwestern France, opened in 2001. Located closer to the town of Vitrolles than to Aix-en-Provence itself (which lies 15 km away to the northeast), the station also serves northern metropolitan Marseille (some 20 km away to the south).
Les Milles
Les Milles is a village, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France.
Touloubre
The Touloubre is a river in the southeast of France. It runs from Venelles to the Étang de Berre, over 59 kilometers. Other places along its course are Pélissanne, Salon-de-Provence, Grans and Saint-Chamas. It flows into the Étang de Berre, which is connected to the Mediterranean Sea, near Saint-Chamas.
La Couronne, Bouches-du-Rhône
La Couronne is a village in the south of France on the Côte Bleue on the Mediterranean coast, notable for its ancient quarries and lighthouses.
Yuri Garnaev
Yuri Alexandrovich Garnaev (Russian: Юрий Александрович Гарнаев, 17 December 1917 - 6 August 1967) was the famous test pilot in the Soviet Union.
Charlie Jazz Festival
The Charlie Jazz Festival is an annual music festival held every summer in Vitrolles, Provence, France. It was established in 1998 by Charlie Free, a not-for-profit jazz organization which runs jazz sessions every two weeks at Le Moulin à Jazz, a famous jazz club in France. The festival is hosted at Le Domaine de Fontblanche, a public garden with centenaries planes, the first weekend of July.
Rove Tunnel
The Rove Tunnel is a canal tunnel in France. It is about 4.5 mi (7.2 km) long and 72 ft (22 m) wide and opened in 1927. The Rove Tunnel remains the biggest canal tunnel in the world. The tunnel was closed in 1963 after its collapse. Coordinates: {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:43.399599|N|5.224739|E|region:FR|||| | |name= }} - northern portal {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:43.359642|N|5.293919|E|region:FR|||| | |name= }} - southern portal
Canal de Marseille au Rhône
The Canal de Marseille au Rhône connects the Mediterranean Sea at Marseille to the Rhône at Arles. The section between Marignane and Marseille has been closed since the collapse of the Rove Tunnel in 1963.
14th arrondissement of Marseille
The 14th arrondissement of Marseille is one of the 16 arrondissements of Marseille.
15th arrondissement of Marseille
The 15th arrondissement of Marseille is one of the 16 arrondissements of Marseille.
16th arrondissement of Marseille
The 16th arrondissement of Marseille is one of the 16 arrondissements of Marseille.