Saint-Cannat
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Saint-Cannat is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, it is located just northwest of
Saint-Cannat Town Hall
Roman Catholic church
Statue of Pierre André de Suffren
War memorial
1909 Provence earthquake
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The 1909 Provence earthquake occurred on June 11 in Provence. Measuring 6.2 on the surface-wave magnitude scale, it is the largest ever recorded earthquake in metropolitan France.
Saint-Cannat
…Pierre André de Suffren was born here on 17 July 1729. A century later, Alphonse Tavernier, a poet, was born here on 27 November 1852. On 11 June 1909 a terrible earthquake, the largest ever recorded in metropolitan France, destroyed almost everything in the area. Shortly after, the houses were re-built in the same…
Vernègues after the earthquake
Street in Salon-de-Provence after the earthquake