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  2. Marseille - Wikipedia

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    Marseille with its suburbs and exurbs create the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, with a population of 1,911,311 at the 2021 census. [8] [6] Founded c. 600 BC by Greek settlers from Phocaea, Marseille is the oldest city in France, as well as one of Europe's oldest continuously inhabited settlements. [9]

  3. Timeline of Marseille - Wikipedia

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    The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Marseille, France ... in vicinity of Marseille. 2008 - Population: 851,420. ... a century of pictures ...

  4. Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis - Wikipedia

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    It is located in the Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Vaucluse departments, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southeastern France. [1] It was created in January 2016, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine Marseille Provence Métropole and five communautés d'agglomération. [2] Its area is 3149.2 km 2. Its population was 1,889,666 in ...

  5. Empty diagonal - Wikipedia

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    The solid line is the Le Havre–Marseille line, to the east of which lives 60% of the French population. The empty diagonal ( French : diagonale du vide ) is a band of low-density population that stretches from the French department of the Landes in the southwest to the Meuse in the northeast.

  6. Bouches-du-Rhône - Wikipedia

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    Marseille, France's second-largest city, has one of the largest container ports in the country. It prizes itself as France's oldest city, founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea around 600 BC. [ 3 ] Bouches-du-Rhône is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region , with 2,043,110 inhabitants as of 2019. [ 4 ]

  7. Demographics of France - Wikipedia

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    Between the years 2010–17, the population of France grew from 64,613,000 to 66,991,000 (i.e. about 2.4 million people in a span of 7 years), making France one of the fastest-growing countries in Europe. The population of France is growing by 1,000,000 people every three years- an average annual increase of 340,000 people, or +0.6%. [7]

  8. Arrondissement of Marseille - Wikipedia

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    The arrondissement of Marseille is an arrondissement of France in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 21 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 1,090,221 (2021), and its area is 683.2 km 2 (263.8 sq mi).

  9. List of largest European cities in history - Wikipedia

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    City 1 – 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 Agrigento: 50,000 [163]Athens: 30,000 – 90,000 110,000 25,000