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Marseille

France · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Marseille is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhone and of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhone river. Marseille is the second-most populous city proper in France, after Paris, with 886,040 inhabitants in 2023 over a municipal territory of 241 km2 (93 sq mi). Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over 3,972 km2 (1,534 sq mi), had a population of 1,900,957 at the January 2022 census.

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Local time: UTC+2 · 8 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Main language: French
On the map: 43.30° N, 5.37° E

Near Marseille

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La Ciotat · 24 km away
Aix-en-Provence · 26 km away
Toulon · 49 km away
Gordes · 69 km away

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