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Arles was an important Jewish crossroads, as a port city and close to Spain and the rest of Europe alike. It served a major role in the work of the Hachmei Provence group of famous Jewish scholars, translators and philosophers, who were most important to Judaism throughout the Middle Ages.
Montpellier (UK: / mɒntˈpɛlieɪ /, US: / ˌmoʊnpɛlˈjeɪ /; French: [mɔ̃pəlje, -pɛl-] ⓘ; 5 6 Occitan: Montpelhièr [mumpeˈʎɛ]) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the department of Hérault.
Marseille is the third largest city in France by urban area (when combined with Aix-en-Provence), and the second most populous city in France, with 873,076 inhabitants in 2021 (Jan. census) [ 7 ] over a municipal territory of 241 km 2 (93 sq mi). Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over 3,972 km ...
Aix-en-Provence (UK: / ˌ ɛ k s ɒ̃ p r ɒ ˈ v ɒ̃ s /, [3] US: / ˌ eɪ k s ɒ̃ p r oʊ ˈ v ɒ̃ s, ˌ ɛ k s-/, [4] [5] French: [ɛks ɑ̃ pʁɔvɑ̃s] ⓘ; Provençal: Ais de Provença in classical norm, or Ais de Prouvènço in Mistralian norm, pronounced [ˈajz de pʀuˈvɛnsɔ]), or simply Aix, is a city and commune in southern France, about 30 km (20 mi) north of Marseille.
Marseille. Demonym (s) Provençal, Provençale. A map of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur administrative region. The historical province of Provence (orange) within the contemporary region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France. Provence[ a ] is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends ...
Lyon [c] is the second largest city in France [14] and its third -largest city within city limits. [d] It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, 58 km (36 mi) northeast of Saint-Étienne.
Properties on the World Heritage List. A series of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps. transboundary property, shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, 11 of the total 111 sites are in France. An outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages ...
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Béziers (French: [bezje] ⓘ; [ 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 ...