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A wide panoramic view of Carry-le-Rouet harbour in France, showing a marina filled with boats, palm trees lining the waterfront, and surrounding coastal buildings under a bright sky.
Harbour Panorama of Carry-le-Rouet

Carry-le-Rouet (French pronunciation: [kaʁi lə ʁwɛ]; Occitan: Carri lo Roet) or simply Carry is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in Southern France. It is a seaside resort 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Marseille, on the Côte Bleue, reached via motorway A55 then route D5, at the foot of pine-covered hills. It is part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.

Every February, Les Oursinades festival takes place, celebrating the consumption of sea urchins, various shellfish and other seafood.[3]

Transport

Carry-le-Rouet is served by the Carry-le-Rouet TER PACA railway station (opened in 1915) on the Miramas–L’Estaque railway.

  • TER PACA service at Carry-le-Rouet station in 2010
    TER PACA service at Carry-le-Rouet station in 2010
  • Station building
    Station building

Demographics

Personalities

  • Comic actor Fernandel, who built his family’s house above the beach in the 1930s.
  • The singer Nina Simone, who lived out the last years of her life in Carry-le-Rouet and died there in 2003.

Sister cities

See also

References

  1. ^ “Répertoire national des élus: les maires”. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ “Populations de référence 2023” (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ “Les Oursinades festival”. Carry-le-Route Office de Tourisme. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d’aujourd’hui: Commune data sheet Carry-le-Rouet, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE