Marseille travel

Marseille is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest metropolitan area, after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population recorded to be 1,516,340 at the 1999 census and estimated to be 1,605,000 in 2007. Located on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean, Marseille is France's largest commercial port. Marseille is the administrative capital of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, as well as the administrative capital of the Bouches-du-Rhone department. Its inhabitants are called Marseillais.