Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône

Fontvieille (Fòntvielha) is a commune in the camargue region in the Bouches-du-Rhône department  in southern France.

History
The commune was created in 1790, out of the territory of Arles.

The Occitan language poet Brémonde de Tarascon (1858–98) grew up on the Darbousille farm at Fontvieille, where she died.

Sights

 * Alphonse Daudet's windmill
 * Barbegal aqueduct and mill, a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune

Twin towns
Fontvieille is twinned with Santa Maria a Monte, Italy, since 1991.