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    Saint-Martin-de-Crau is in Bouches-du-Rhône in France.

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    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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    Saint-Martin-de-Crau has a Mediterranean climate. The city has a micro climate with nearly 95 days of summer drought. Rainfall is most abundant in March/April and October.

    Get in

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    Get around

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    Map
    Map of Saint-Martin-de-Crau

    See

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    Museum

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    Nature

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    • 3 [formerly dead link] Crau. The Crau is the ancient confluence of the Durance and Rhône, and constitutes their vast flat alluvial fan. It's the last dry steppe type habitat of western Europe. Crau (Q1139073) on Wikidata Crau on Wikipedia
    • 4 Étang des Aulnes (Pond of the Alders), chemin d'Istres à l'Étang des Aulnes, +33 4 90 47 09 99. lake Étang des Aulnes (Q40096895) on Wikidata
    • 5 Arboretum "Le Jardin de Gaston" (Gaston's arboretum), avenue de Plaisance, +33 4 90 479840. Free entrance. Arboretum le Jardin de Gaston (Q48020114) on Wikidata
    • 6 Domaine du lac (Lake area), Rue du lac Constance. Free.
    • 7 Plan d'eau paysager de la baisse de Raillon (Landscaped water from the baisse de Raillon), Baisse de Raillon, RN 1453. Free.
    • 8 Jardin public (public garden), Rue du Logisson.

    Others

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    • 9 Church Saint-Martin (église Saint-Martin), 2 boulevard de Provence. Free entrance. Église de Saint-Martin-de-Crau (Q29550186) on Wikidata
    • 10 [formerly dead link] Arènes Louis Thiers (Louis-Thiers bullring). Activities between March and November. Traditional course camarguaise which is a bloodless spectacle for the bull, the objective is to snatch a rosette from the head of the bull. Arènes de Saint-Martin-de-Crau (Q16303861) on Wikidata
    • 11 Town hall (Mairie), Place de Docteur Bagnaninchi. Town hall of Saint-Martin-de-Crau (Q47780897) on Wikidata

    Do

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    Culture

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    Markets

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    • Weekly provencal market, Avenue de la République. Every Friday stands the weekly market on the Avenue de la République
    • 2 Local farmers market. M 4PM-7PM. Under the covered market, a farmers' market is held on Mondays evenings.

    Celebrations

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    • Feria de la Crau. The feria de la Crau is organized every last weekend of April. It takes place at the Louis-Thiers Arena.
    • Spring Festival (Fête du printemps), +33 4 90 47 98 40. The Spring Festival is a parade of traditions celebrating the local terroir and its cultural heritage with pastoralism, hay Crau, folklore and especially transhumance. The highlight is the parade on Sunday morning with the passage of more than 2000 sheep. Entertainment is organized throughout the weekend from Saturday morning until Sunday evening.
    • European Heritage Days. The European Heritage Days highlight monuments of the town every 3rd weekend of September. Free. European Heritage Days (Q1575593) on Wikidata European Heritage Days on Wikipedia

    Sport

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    • 3 Fitness trail (Parcours santé), N1453. Free.
    • 4 Public pool, avenue Nostradamus, +33 4 90 470142. From 5 to 14 yo : €1.50 - Over 15 yo : €3.
    • 5 Skate Park, Rue des Bergers.
    • 6 Boulodrome du Foirail, Avenue du Foirail. to play pétanque, a boule game. Free.
    • 7 Boulodrome de la rue des Arènes, Rue des Arènes. to play pétanque, a boule game. Free.
    • Foulée de la Crau (The stride of Crau). The Foulée de la Crau is organized every year in October. The competition has several levels of difficulty.

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    Bike

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    There are 12 circuits designed to ride a bike.

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