Cuges-les-Pins (; 'Cuges-the-Pines'; ), commonly referred to simply as Cuges, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France.Commune de Cuges-les-Pins (13030), INSEE It is situated east of Marseille, on the departmental border with Var.
History On 1 August 1794, Mayor Joseph-Jean Monfray performed the wedding of Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoléon Bonaparte, in Cuges-les-Pins (Mayor Monfray was later convicted on charges of bribery and corruption). Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte would later reign over Naples (1806–1808) and Spain (1808–1813) as Queen consort and King, respectively.Joseph Bonaparte, Thierry Lentz, PERRIN Biographie (in French), 752 pages, 2016.
Demographics
See also Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
References
External links Official town website