Marseille fundamentals and online hotel reservation

About Marseille

Marseille is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest metropolitan area with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census and 1,605,000 inhabitants in 2007 (Paris and Lyon are larger).

Located on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France’s largest commercial port and also its oldest urban settlement. 

 Marseille is the administrative capital (préfecture de région) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, as well as the administrative capital (préfecture départemental) of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. Its inhabitants are called Marseillais.