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  2. Southern France - Wikipedia

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    The largest cities of southern France are Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nice and Montpellier. The Pyrenees and French Alps are also located in the area, in respectively its southwestern and eastern parts. Corsica, which is south of Continental France and just north of Sardinia, Italy, may also be included.

  3. List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants

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    Map of metropolitan France. As of January 2019, there were 473 communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with population over 20,000, 280 communes with population over 30,000, 129 communes with population over 50,000 and 42 communes with population over 100,000. [1]

  4. Marseille - Wikipedia

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    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] It was known to the ancient Greeks as Massalia and to Romans as Massilia. [9] [10] Marseille has been a trading port since ancient times. In particular, it experienced a considerable ...

  5. French Riviera - Wikipedia

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    Its largest city is Nice, which has a population of 340,017 as of 2017. [6] The city is the centre of a métropole —Nice-Côte d'Azur—bringing together 49 communes and more than 540,000 inhabitants and 943,000 in the urban area.

  6. Aix-en-Provence - Wikipedia

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    Aix-en-Provence, [a] or simply Aix, is a city and commune in southern France, about 30 km (20 mi) north of Marseille.A former capital of Provence, it is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

  7. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Wikipedia

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    Marseille has an urban area of 2 million inhabitants and is the largest and capital city of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It is also the second-most populated city in France, just behind Paris, and the city with the third-largest metropolitan population in France, behind Paris and Lyon, respectively.

  8. Nîmes - Wikipedia

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    Nîmes is one of the warmest cities in France. The city has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa), with summers being too wet for it to be classified as a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa). Its slightly inland, southerly location results in hot air over the city during summer months: temperatures above 34 °C are common in ...

  9. Béziers - Wikipedia

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    Béziers (French: ⓘ; [3] [4] Occitan: Besièrs) is a city in southern France.It is a subprefecture of the Hérault department in the Occitanie region.Every August Béziers hosts the famous Feria de Béziers, which is centred on bullfighting.

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