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Ville de Marseille

	Traditional coat of arms
Traditional city flag	Traditional coat of arms

City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis.
(Latin: By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)

Location of Marseille

Marseille from Space

City proper
(commune)

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
2004 estimate
1999 census

(Ranked 2nd)
795,600
798,430

Density

3,318/km² (1999)

Metropolitan area
(aire urbaine)

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)

Around the Old Port of Marseille

History

Economy

Administration

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 muncipal councillors.

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:

Culture

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.

Music

Demographics

Approximately 25 per cent of Marseille’s population is of North African origin, mostly Algerian, and Tunisian. Demographers estimate that in the future, Marseille will be the first city in Europe with an population that is a Muslim majority. The Jewish community is also the third largest in Europe.

Sights

Transportation

Marseille is served by the Aéroport de Marseille Provence, located in Marignane.

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