Marseille

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French commune in Bouches-du-Rh么ne, Provence-Alpes-C么te d'Azur; the second largest city of France

Marseille is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rh么ne department and of the Provence-Alpes-C么te d'Azur region. Situated in Provence, it marks the eastern end of the C么te Bleue on the Mediterranean coast. Marseille is the second-most populous city proper in France, after Paris, with 886,040 inhabitants in 2023 over a municipal territory of 241聽km2 (93聽sq聽mi). Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over 3,972聽km2 (1,534聽sq聽mi), had a population of 1,917,728 as of 2023. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues, with a population of 1,939,077 as of 2023. The southeast of Marseille is in Calanques National Park, making Marseille the only large city in France to have a national park within city limits.

Also known as...Massaliotes, Massalia, Marsailles, Marseilles, Marsielles, Marsielle, City of Marseille, Marsaille, Marsiglia, Marseille, France, and Marseille City
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