Fontvieille (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃vjɛj]; Occitan: Fòntvielha) is a commune in the camargue region in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
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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.