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| City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. (Latin: By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world) |
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| City proper (commune) |
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| Région | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Département | Bouches-du-Rhône (13) |
| Mayor | Jean-Claude Gaudin (UMP) (since 1995) |
| Area | 240.62 km² |
| Subdivisions | 16 arrondissements (in 8 secteurs) |
| Population (July 1, 2004 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
(Ranked 2nd) 808,700 798,430 |
| Density | 3,361/km² (2004) |
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| Communes | 82 (1999) |
| Area | 2,830.2 km² (1999) |
| Population 1999 census |
(Ranked 3rd) 1,516,340 |
| Yearly growth | +0.46 % |
| Density | 536/km² (1999) |
| Intercommunality - president |
Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole Jean-Claude Gaudin (UMP) (since 2000) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Twin cities | Abidjan (Ivory Coast) Antwerp (Belgium) Copenhagen (Denmark) Dakar (Senegal) Genoa (Italy) Haifa (Israel) Hamburg (Germany) Kobe (Japan) Odessa (Ukraine) Piraeus (Greece) Marrakech (Morocco) Shanghai (China) |
Marseille (English alternative spelling Marseilles) (pronounced /maʀsɛj/ in standard French, /mɑxˈsɛjɐ/ in local Marseilles accent) (Provençal: Marsiho or Marsilha, both pronounced /maɾˈsijɐ/) is the second largest city in France and the third metropolitan area, with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census. Located in the former province of Provence and on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France's largest commercial port and the largest in the Mediterranean.
Marseille is the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région, as well as the préfecture (capital) of the Bouches-du-Rhône département.
Marseille was founded in 600 B.C.E. by Greeks from Phocaea as a trading port under the name Μασσαλία (Massalia; see also List of traditional Greek place names). It was overrun by Celts and then conquered by the Romans. During the Roman times, it was called Massilia. In 1934 Alexander I of Yugoslavia arrived at the port to meet with the French foreign minister Louis Barthou. He was assassinated there by Vlada Georgieff who hated Alexander's refusal to recognise Croatia as a separate state.
Marseilles' harbor is the biggest of the country, and one of the most important of the Mediterranean Sea.
Marseille is divided into 16 municipal arrondissements, which are themselves divided into quartiers (111 in total). The arrondissements are regrouped in pairs into sectors, and 8 sectors have a council and a town hall, like the arrondissements in Paris and in Lyon.
The municipal elections are carried out by sector. Each sector elects its councillors (303 in total), one third of which are municipal councillors.
Number of councilors elected by sector:
The last mayors of Marseille :
The Sector Mayors :
The cantons of Marseille :
Marseille holds 25 of the 58 seats at the general council of the Bouches-du-Rhône. Since the last election, these 25 cantons are held by the following councilors:
The French national anthem "La Marseillaise" is named for the Revolutionary troops from Marseille.
The most widely circulated tarot deck comes from Marseille; it is called the Tarot de Marseille, and was used to play the local variant of tarocchi before it came to the notice of people who used it in cartomancy.
The vast majority of the Marsellaise are descendants of the waves of immigrants that arrived to the port in the early 19th century. Such as; Armenians, Spaniards, Italians, Greeks, Arabs, Jews, Russians and North Africans. Approximately 25 per cent of Marseille’s population is of North African origin, mostly Algerian, and Tunisian. The Jewish community is also the third largest in Europe.
The metro is a rubber-tiredtrain.
Marseille is served by the Aéroport de Marseille Provence, located in Marignane.
The city's main football club is Olympique de Marseille, UEFA Champions League winner in 1993 but tainted by the 1990s match fixing scandal by then-owner Bernard Tapie.
Marseille was the birthplace of:
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Taxi 2 (2000). Taxi (1998). Roselyne et les lions (1989). Pépé le Moko (1937). Marius et Jeannette (1997). Marius (1931). La Lune dans le caniveau (1983). Gomez & Tavarès (2003). The French Connection (1971) and its sequel (1975). Comme un aimant (2000). Bye-Bye (1995). Baise-moi (2000). 37°2 le matin (1986). King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was assassinated on October 9, 1934 in Marseille along with French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. French poet Arthur Rimbaud died in Marseille on November 10, 1891. Zinedine Zidane (born 1972), soccer player. Jean-Claude Izzo (1945-2000), author. Jean Pierre Rampal (1922-2000), flutist. Louis Jourdan (born 1919), actor. Eliane Browne-Bartroli (1917-1944), French Resistance, Croix de Guerre. Fernandel (1903-1971), actor. Vincent Scotto (1876-1952), guitarist, songwriter. Edmond Rostand (1868-1918), poet and dramatist. "Le Pétomane" (1857-1945), entertainer. Joseph Pujol, aka. Olivier Émile Ollivier (1825-1913), statesman. Joseph Autran (1813-1877), poet. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879), caricaturist and painter. Etienne Joseph Louis Garnier-Pages (1801-1841), politician. Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), first president of the Third Republic. Désirée Clary (1777-1860), wife of King Carl XIV Johann of Sweden, and therefore Queen Desirée or Queen Desideria of Sweden. "Dugazon" (1746-1809), actor. Jean-Henry Gourgaud, aka. Maurice Béjart (born 1927), ballet choreographer. Antonin Artaud (1897-1948), author. The calanques. Unité d'Habitation de Marseille, by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Château d'If, an ancient prison island, where The Count of Monte Cristo was jailed, in Alexandre Dumas' novel. Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde. The old harbor. Watcha Clan. Massilia Sound System. The French rap band IAM is from Marseille. General Councilor: Henri Jibrayel PS. 35,752). Marseille-Verduron (pop. 29,668); General Councilor: André Malrait UMP. Marseille-Vauban (pop. 25,324); General Councilor: Christophe Masse PS (Representative). Marseille-Les,Trois,Lucs (pop. 40,392); General Councilor: Jeanine Porte PCF. Marseille-Saint-Mauront (pop. 29,981); General Councilor: Jean Bonat PS (Municipal councilor of Marseille). Marseille-Saint-Marcel (pop. 26,218); General Councilor: Robert Assante UMP (Adjoint au Maire de Marseille). Marseille-Saint-Lambert (pop. 32,749); General Councilor: Michel Pezet PS (Municipal councilor of Marseille). Marseille-Saint-Just (pop. 34,621); General Councilor: Martine Vassal UMP (Adjointe au Maire de Marseille). Marseille-Saint-Giniez (pop. 36,868); General Councilor: Didier Garnier UMP. Marseille-Sainte-Marguerite (pop. 37,629); General Councilor: Denis Rossi PS (Municipal councilor of Marseille). Marseille-Saint-Barthélemy (pop. 33,206); General Councilor: Félix Weygand PS. Marseille-La,Rose (pop. 38,701); General Councilor: René Olmeta PS (Municipal councilor of Marseille). Marseille-La,Pomme (pop. 31,116); General Councilor: Richard Miron UMP. Marseille-La,Pointe-Rouge (pop. 27,052); General Councilor: Marius Masse PS. Marseille-Les,Olives (pop. 33,472); General Councilor: Joël Dutto PCF. Marseille-Notre-Dame-Limite (pop. 31,107); General Councilor: Jocelyn Zeitoun PS. Marseille-Notre-Dame-du-Mont (pop. 33,644); General Councilor: Maurice Rey UMP. Marseille-Montolivet (pop. 35,890); General Councilor: Didier Réault UMP. Marseille-Mazargues (pop. 29,060); General Councilor: Jean-Noël Guerini PS (Sénateur, Président du Conseil Général, Municipal councilor of Marseille). Marseille-Les,Grands-Carmes (pop. 29,846); General Councilor: Marie-Arlette Carlotti PS (Representative européenne). Marseille-Les,Cinq-Avenues (pop. 34,292); General Councilor: Janine Ecochard PS. Marseille-La,Capelette (pop. 27,506); General Councilor: Antoine Rouzaud PS (Municipal councilor of Marseille). Marseille-Le,Camas (pop. 30,168); General Councilor Maurice Di Nocera UDF. Marseille-La,Blancarde (pop. 27,992); General Councilor: Fortuné Sportiello PS. Marseille-Belsunce (pop. 25,878); General Councilor: Lisette Narducci PS (Mayor of the 2ème sector de Marseille). Marseille-La,Belle-de-Mai (pop. 8th sector (15th and 16th arrondissements): Frédéric Dutoit (representative) PCF. 7th sector (13th and 14th arrondissements): Garo Hovsepian PS. 6th sector (11th and 12th arrondissements): Roland Blum (representative) UMP. 5th sector (9th and 10th arrondissements): Guy Teissier (representative) UMP. 4th sector (6th and 8th arrondissements): Dominique Tian (representative) UMP. 3rd sector (4th and 5th arrondissements): Bruno Gilles (representative) UMP. 2nd sector (2nd and 3re arrondissements): Lisette Narducci (General Councilor) PS. 1st sector (1st and 7th arrondissements): Jean Roatta (Representative) UMP. 1995- : Jean-Claude Gaudin UMP (relected in 2001). 1986-1995 : Robert Vigouroux PS (reelected in 1989). 1953-1986 : Gaston Defferre (already mayor between 1944 and 1946, relected in 1959, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1983). |