Marseille [] (German become outdated: Massilien) is the most important French and the third biggest European port. It is to Lion, a Mediterranean bay because of the gulf you. The city, whose inhabitant calls itself Marseillais, is capital of the Bouches you in the region Provence Alpes d'Azur. Marseille is with approximately 800,000 inhabitants to of Paris the second largest city of France. The densely populated area Marseille has, if one adds the directly bordering cities such as Allauch, Aubagne and Penne sur Huveaune, approximately 1.2 million inhabitant and is thereby the second largest dye of France. About this position however the cities Lyon and Marseille argue for many years.

Geografie

Marseille lies between 0 and 646 m NN (12 m NN at the official center Noailles) highly. The hinterland is gebirgig and finds its highest collection in 710 m the high Croix de Garlaban. In the northwest the city borders on the de l'Estaque, a mountain range consisting of lime rock behind l'Estaque, those the de Berre, a large salzhaltiges of inland waters in that shell breed is operated, from the sea separates. Southwest the de Berre is for Southern France meaning, there central lain airport the Marignane.

History

Around 600 v. Chr. ionische Greeks from in small Asia created a colony at the delta of the and called them Massalia and Massilia, today's Marseille. After a legend the city developed as follows:

After Protis had ashore gone, in order to unite with the beautiful Ligurerin Gyptis, ward Marseille based. Protis was and the this sailor people of the island Scheria, did not only have a hospitable king named Alkinoos, which took up the shipwrecked Odysseus, around him then into its homeland Ithaka to geleiten. It had also a beautiful daughter. Nausikaa was it, which found and into the house of its father led the stranded Odysseus. Marseille was thus created by the love.

Around the year 545 - after the escape from Phokaia by Harpagos (a Meder and/or a Perser, governor of the king Kyros) - a renewed influx from the nut/mother city took place. (Hdt. 1,163,1-1,165,4, Solin. II, 77, live ones. V, 34.7-8).

There were again and again conflicts with the Gallien controlling celtic trunks.

125 v. Chr. Massilia called the troops of the Roman realm for assistance against the attacks of Liguri Agressoren. In the course of the war actions the area was conquered around Marseille up to the of Rome. Into the province Narbonensis, and remained up to the end of the Roman realm its component was converted.

481 fell the city to the Westgoten, 508 to the Ostgoten, 536 to Franconias and 879 at Niederburgund. After the Sarazenen had destroyed it, the city became in 10. Jh. rebuilt and the Vicomtes de Marseille subordinates. Between 1216 and 1218 Marseille to the independent republic and 1481 were finally combined with France.

1720 and 1721 the plague raged, at which half of the population died (50000). 1792 sang soldiers from Marseille during the feed into of Paris the later national anthem of France, which was called therefore after them Marseillaise. On 9 October 1934 the Yugoslav king Alexander I. and the French minister of foreign affairs Louis Barthou before the stock exchange an attempted assassination fell to the victim. 1943 were torn off a majority of the old part of town by German troops. The reconstruction after the Second World War took over Augusts Perret. 1993 shook a scandal the city, when the president at that time of the soccer club Olympique Marseille, had to begin Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Tapie, because of bribery to the profit of the national championship a detention.

Inhabitant development

Politics

Mayor

Mayors from Marseille are or were:

• from 1953 to 1986 gas clay/tone Defferre (was red-elect already between 1944 and 1946 mayors, 1959, 1965, 1971, 1977 and 1983),
• from 1986 to 1995 Robert Vigouroux (red-elect 1989) and
• since 1995 Jean Claude gau DIN (red-elect 2001).

Partnerships between cities

Since 1958 Marseille maintains a partnership between cities with Hamburg. In addition it maintains partnerships too:

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