Marseille
Marseille (in Inglis an aa commonly spelt Marseilles, pronooncit /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/; French: ; locally: ; Occitan: Marselha or Marsiho, , ), kent in antiquity as Massalia (frae Greek: Μασσαλία; 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 on an aurie o 1,204 km2 (465 sq mi). 1,530,000 or 1,601,095 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.
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 Panorama o Marseille | |
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  Marseille Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region  Marseille | |
| Coordinates: 43°17′47″N 5°22′12″E / 43.296386°N 5.369954°E 5°22′12″E / 43.296386°N 5.369954°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.
Internaitional relations
Twin touns — sister ceeties
Marseille is currently offeecially twinned wi thirteen ceeties:
Pairtner ceeties
Forby Marseille haes signed various types o formal greements o cooperation wi 31 ceeties aw ower the warld:
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