High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Cannat is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It has retained several fountains dating back to the 17th and 18th century, the remains of the medieval ramparts and the chateau, which today houses the town hall and museum. The Route nationale 7 runs across the village. The village was named after Canus Natus in the fifth century , who was a Roman clergyman born with white hair, a quirk synonymous with great wisdom at the time. He was entombed in Saint-Cannat, although there was no such place at the time, but soon enough several houses were built into a hamlet.