SNCF

Jacques Chirac, the French president, pledged in his 2006 New Year Address that by 2026 no SNCF or RATP train would be powered by fossil fuels.^[1] This pledge confirms France's commitment to nuclear power for its energy needs, and already nuclear power stations generate most of the electricity used to power SNCF's trains. Marseille was the birthplace of:. The IATA designator used by airlines in connection with these journeys is 2C. 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. SNCF codeshares with American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines, US Airways, and Emirates and in exchange, allows passengers on those flights to book rail service between Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Roissy (near Paris) and Angers, Avignon, Bordeaux, Le Mans, Lille, Lyons, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nimes, Poiters, Rennes, Tours, and Valence with their airline. Marseille is served by the Aéroport de Marseille Provence, located in Marignane. TGV lines and the TGV technology have since spread to several other European countries plus South Korea. The metro is a rubber-tiredtrain.

It came to fruition in 1981, when the first TGV service from Paris to Lyon was inaugurated. The Jewish community is also the third largest in Europe. In the 1970s, SNCF began the TGV high speed train programme with the intention of creating the world's fastest railway network. Approximately 25 per cent of Marseille’s population is of North African origin, mostly Algerian, and Tunisian. The French state took 51% control of SNCF and has since put large amounts of public subsidies into the system. Such as; Armenians, Spaniards, Italians, Greeks, Arabs, Jews, Russians and North Africans. These were the:. The vast majority of the Marsellaise are descendants of the waves of immigrants that arrived to the port in the early 19th century.

The SNCF was formed in 1938 following the nationalisation of France's five main railways.
. Since 1997 the tracks and other elements of French rail infrastructure have belonged to a separate government establishment, the Réseau Ferré de France; this change was intended to open the market to independent train operating companies, although none has yet appeared. 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. In the past, SNCF owned not only the trains, but also the tracks, but this has changed due to new European Union regulations. The French national anthem "La Marseillaise" is named for the Revolutionary troops from Marseille. SNCF operates almost all of France's railway system, including the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, literally "high-speed train") and some segments of the RER. Since the last election, these 25 cantons are held by the following councilors:.

. Marseille holds 25 of the 58 seats at the general council of the Bouches-du-Rhône. Its headquarters are situated in Paris, in the Rue du Commandant Mouchotte. The cantons of Marseille :. The current chairman of SNCF is Louis Gallois. The Sector Mayors :. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. The last mayors of Marseille :.

The rail network currently consists of about 32,000 km of track, of which 1,500 km is high-speed track and 14,500 km is electrified. Number of councilors elected by sector:. It employs about 180,000 people. Each sector elects its councillors (303 in total), one third of which are municipal councillors. Its functions include operation of rail services for passengers and freight in France, and maintenance of rail infrastructure owned by RFF (Réseau Ferré de France). The municipal elections are carried out by sector. SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) is a major French public enterprise. 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.

Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi (PO-Midi, formed in 1934 following the merging of the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans and the Chemin de Fer du Midi). Marseille is divided into 16 municipal arrondissements, which are themselves divided into quartiers (111 in total). Chemin de Fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM). Marseilles' harbor is the biggest of the country, and one of the most important of the Mediterranean Sea. Chemin de Fer du Nord. He was assassinated there by Vlada Georgieff who hated Alexander's refusal to recognise Croatia as a separate state. Chemin de Fer de l'État (formed in 1909 following the merging of the Chemin de Fer de l'État and the Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest). In 1934 Alexander I of Yugoslavia arrived at the port to meet with the French foreign minister Louis Barthou.

Chemin de Fer de l'Est. During the Roman times, it was called Massilia. It was overrun by Celts and then conquered by the Romans. by Greeks from Phocaea as a trading port under the name Μασσαλία (Massalia; see also List of traditional Greek place names). Marseille was founded in 600 B.C.E.

. Marseille is the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région, as well as the préfecture (capital) of the Bouches-du-Rhône département. 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 (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.

. Un, deux, trois, soleil (1993). Trois places pour le 26 (1988). Taxi 3 (2003).

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).