Marseille

Marseille (French: Marseille) is the second largest city in France after Paris, with a population of more than 850,000 people, only within the administrative scope, which covers an area of ​​240.62 square kilometers. Marseille, France, located on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and increases the number of major population area of ​​Marseille for 1.7 million people. The port of Marseille, France's largest commercial ports. Marseille is the capital of all of the Bush-du-Rhone region and the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur. Marceli chosen a European Capital of Culture for 2013. The city is famous for the presence of a large Arab and Muslim community, the researchers believe that Marseille can become the first city with a Muslim majority in Western Europe. 

Marseille is the second largest city in France after Paris, the capital of the country, the second largest metropolitan area after Paris center as well. It is bordered to the south of the Mediterranean, and from the north is bordered by St. Victoire mountain range, either from the Middle Faihdha coastal rugged areas punctuated by small fiord, and bordered to the east of St. Baume mountain range, and a forest of deciduous trees, and the city of Toulon, in addition to the French Riviera, and is bounded by West Lyon Bay, and the Camargue region, located in the delta of the Rhone. Marseille Airport is located in the north-west of Marseille in Almedinheugd Erkhbaylfreol Bay, which consists of four islands, one of which Thmthel Dave Castle, famous because of the Alexandre Dumas novel Comte de Monte Cristo site. 

 

Marseille's climate is Mediterranean climate, with mild winters and wet, while the summer shall be between warm and hot, and dry most of the time. December, January and February are the coldest months of the year, where the average temperature is 12 degrees Celsius in the daytime, and 4 ° C at night. July and August are the warmest months of the year, where the average temperature is about 30 degrees Celsius during the day and 19 degrees Celsius during the night in Marseille (Airport, which is 35 km from the city), while the temperature of the city rate is about 27 degrees Celsius in July. The city is exposed to winds Mistral (especially in winter and spring), a strong and cold winds coming from the Rhone Valley and often dry. The city is also exposed to the winds Sirocco warm and laden with dust coming from the Sahara. 

Rain falling in Marseille at the rate of 515 mm per year. The most prolific month of the year is the month of September, where the rain falling at a rate of 77.1 mm, while the driest months of the year more than it is the month of July, where it rains an average of only 9.2 mm 

Marseilles port is one of the most important means of transportation to the city, where the crosses from which 2.4 million passengers annually. Marseille has many of the ingredients that have made them one of the major tourist cities of France, where the city is characterized by its beaches, history, architecture and culture (where there are 24 and 42 Theatre Museum). Number of visitors to the city amounted to 4.1 million for the year 2012.hsalt Marseille on 86 place among the world's cities attractive for tourism work, after it had been at the center 150 in the previous year. Many of the projects of urban parks, museums and public places, and real estate development projects to make the city more attractive. Marseille municipality operates as a major entertainment center in the south of the country, with a high concentration of museums, cinemas, theaters, clubs, bars, restaurants and fashion shops, hotels and art galleries.