Marseille
in Marseille, FranceCategory: Attraction
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Marseille (; French: [maʁsɛj] ( listen), locally [mɑχˈsɛjə]; english alternate spelling : Marseilles ; Provençal: Marselha [maʀˈsejɔ, -ˈsijɔ]), is the second-largest city of France and the largest city of the Provence historical region. The capital of the Bouches-du-Rhône department and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur administrative region, it is located on France's south coast and had a population of 852,516 in 2012. It has a metropolitan area of 241 km2 (93 sq mi), the third-largest in France after Paris and Lyon.Known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as Massalia (Greek: Μασσαλία, Massalía), Marseille was the most important trading centre in the region and the main commercial port of the French Republic. Marseille is now France's largest city on the Mediterranean coast and the largest port for commerce, freight and cruise ships. The city was European Capital of Culture, together with Košice, Slovakia, in 2013. It hosted the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2016, and it was the European Capital of Sport in 2017. The city is home to several campuses of Aix-Marseille University and part of one of the largest metropolitan conurbations in France, the Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence.
