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Location:
Europe, France,
Marseiile
Category:
City, Landmark View
Description:
View of church of Notre Dame
de la Garde
Location Information:
Marseille formerly known as Massalia,
is the oldest city in France, and
currently its second most-populous,
behind Paris, with 852,395 residents
as of 2007. It forms the
third-largest metropolitan area,
after those of Paris and Lyon, with
a population recorded to be
1,516,340 at the 1999 census and
estimated to be 1,605,000 in 2007.
Located on the south east coast of
France on the Mediterranean Sea,
Marseille is France's largest
commercial port. Marseille is the
administrative capital (préfecture
de région) of the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region,
as well as the administrative
capital (préfecture départementale)
of the Bouches-du-Rhône department.
Its inhabitants are called
Marseillais.
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