What is Arles?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Arles |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = 1 arles france 2016.jpg |caption = Aerial view of Arles |coordinates = {{coord|43.67670|4.6278|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Arles |image coat of arms = Blason Arles 13.svg |canton = Arles |INSEE = 13004 |postal code = 13200 |mayor = Hervé Schiavetti |party = [[French Communist Party|PCF]] |term = 2014–2020 |intercommunality = [[Communauté d'agglomération Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette|CA Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette]] |elevation m = 10 |elevation min m = 0 |elevation max m = 57 |area km2 = 758.93 |population = 52439 |population date = 2012 }} [[File:Arles_Place_de_la_République.jpg|thumb|left|Place de la République]] '''Arles''' is a city in the south of [[France]]. It was built in the 6th century BC by the Greeks. Today more than 50,000 people live there. In the [[1880s]], the famous painters, [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Paul Gauguin]] lived there. [[Vincent van Gogh]] painted his famous Sunflowers in Arles. The city is at the heart of the [[Camargue]]. Not many people live in this region, so there is a lot of free land around Arles. Because of this, Arles is the city in [[France]] to have the largest area (nearly 760 square kilometres). {{authority control}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Arles| ]] [[Category:6th-century BC establishments]]