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Marseille

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Marseille is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhone department and of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
886,040 1
Area (sq km)
241 1
Founding Year
600 BCE 2
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Elevation (m)
6 2
Latitude
43.2964 degrees north 1
Longitude
5.37 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Connections

Associated With

France, Countries
Source Marseille (Wikipedia)
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, States or Territories

marseille is associated with provence-alpes-cote-dazur.

Source Marseille (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, States or Territories

marseille is the capital of provence-alpes-cote-dazur.

Source Marseille (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Origin Of

Honoré Daumier

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Honoré Daumier
Marius Petipa

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Royal Opera House: Marius PetipaBiography
Quote, Biography
Petipa was born in Marseilles.

Site Of

CMA CGM

Also in Business Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: CMA CGMtier 2
Daher

Also in Business Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Daher (Wikipedia)Lead, founding base
Quote, Lead, founding base
as a shipping company based in Marseille, France
Simone Weil

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Source Wikipedia: Simone WeilArticle texttier 2
Quote, Article text
After German attacks on France, Weil left Paris with her family and fled to Marseille.
CN Marseille

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Source CN Marseille (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is an elite swim club based in Marseille, France
Sources
1. Marseille (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Marseille (Occitan: Marselha) is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône department and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    886,040
  • Lead section
    Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over 3,972 km2 (1,534 sq mi), had a population of 1,917,728 as of 2023.
  • Infobox, Area
    241 km2
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    43.2964
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    5.37
  • Associated With: France, Infobox, Country
    France
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Marseille (Wikidata)
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 6 m
  • P571 (inception)
    inception -600
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3. GeoNames: Marseille - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2995469
    43.29695 5.38107 P PPLA FR 93 13 133 13055 877215 28 Europe/Paris
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 28 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.25, 5.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.25, 5.25
43.25 5.25 Csa
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Wikidata: Marseille
Wikidata Q23482, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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