Marseille
Marseille is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône department and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in Provence, it marks the eastern end of the Côte Bleue on the Mediterranean coast. 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 1,917,728 as of 2023. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues, with a population of 1,939,077 as of 2023. The southeast of Marseille is in Calanques National Park, making Marseille the only large city in France to have a national park within city limits.
Beyond's analysis on Marseille
- — A cultural memory trail in southern France traces the exile route of German intellectuals fleeing Nazi persecution in 1940, highlighting historical business displacement patterns relevant to modern corporate relocation decisions
- — Heatwave forces SNCF to cut a quarter of Intercités services, disrupting French rail travel
Recent news mentioning Marseille
- — Budget 2027 : «On va finir par une ordonnance», prédit le patron de l’UDI Hervé Marseille
- — From maligned second city to Insta magnet: Marseille isFrance’s new capital of overtourism
- — United Airlines va lancer des vols directs entre New York et Marseille et entre Washington et Toulouse