Massalia was an ancient Greek colony on the Mediterranean coast east of the Rhone, settled by Ionian Greeks from Phocaea around 600 BC. It grew rapidly into the center of Greek trade in the western Mediterranean, founding outposts along the coasts of present-day Spain, southern France and northwestern Italy, and remained independent until Rome's campaign in Gaul in the 1st century BC. Its ruins survive within the modern city of Marseille, considered the oldest city in France.
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Founding Year Latitude43.296346 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Massalia (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
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P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 43.296346, longitude 5.369889
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 43.2963,5.3699
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 4.0
3. 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, 5.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.25, 5.25
43.25 5.25 Csa
4. GeoNames: Marseille - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2995469Quote, cities500 record 2995469
43.29695 5.38107 P PPLA FR 93 13 133 13055 877215 28 Europe/Paris
Wikidata: Massalia
Wikidata Q2566850, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Massalia (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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