French commune an ceety in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marseille (in Inglis an aa commonly spelt Marseilles, pronooncit /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/; French: [maʁsɛj]; locally: [mɑχˈsɛjɐ]; Occitan: Marselha or Marsiho, [maʀˈsejɔ], [maʀˈsijɔ]), kent in antiquity as Massalia (frae Greek: Μασσαλία[1]; Laitin: Massilia), is the seicont maist populous ceety in Fraunce, efter Paris, wi a population o 852,395 athin its administrative leemits on a laund aurie o 240.62 km2 (93 sq mi). The urban aurie o Marseille extends ayont the ceety leemits wi a population o ower 1,420,000[2] on an aurie o 1,204 km2 (465 sq mi). 1,530,000[3] or 1,601,095[4] fowk live in the Marseille metropolitan aurie. Locatit on the sootheast coast o Fraunce on the Mediterrane Sea, Marseille is Fraunce's lairgest commercial port an lairgest French ceety on the Mediterranean coast. Marseille is the caipital o the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, as well as the caipital o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment. Its woners are cawed Marseillais.
Marseille Marseille | |
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Panorama o Marseille | |
Coordinates: 43°17′47″N 5°22′12″E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Depairtment | Bouches-du-Rhône |
Arrondissement | Marseille |
Intercommunality | Urban Community o Marseille Provence Métropole |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (since 1995) | Jean-Claude Gaudin (UMP) |
Area 1 | 240.62 km2 (92.90 sq mi) |
• Urban (2006) | 90 km2 (30 sq mi) |
• Metro (1999) | 2830.2 km2 (1,092.7 sq mi) |
Population (2008)2 | 851,420 |
• Rank | 2nt efter Paris |
• Density | 3,500/km2 (9,200/sq mi) |
• Urban (2010) | 1,420,000 |
• Urban density | 16,000/km2 (41,000/sq mi) |
• Metro (2007) | 1,604,550 |
• Metro density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 13055 /13001-13016 |
Diallin codes | 0491 or 0496 |
Website | marseille.fr |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Marseille enjoys a Mediterranean climate. The simmer/haliday saison lasts for sax month, frae Mey tae October, awtho an aa in Aprile whiles thare are temperaturs abuin 20 °C (68.0 °F). Winters are mild, wi average temperatur 12 °C (54 °F) durin the day an 4 °C (39 °F) at nicht in the period December–Januar–Februar.
Marseille is currently offeecially twinned wi thirteen ceeties:[5]
Forby Marseille haes signed various types o formal greements o cooperation wi 31 ceeties aw ower the warld:[7]
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