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Géoportail is a comprehensive web mapping service of the French government that publishes maps and geophysical aerial photographs from more than 90 sources for France and its territories. The service, first developed by two public agencies (the IGN and the BRGM ), was officially inaugurated on 23 June 2006 by president Jacques Chirac .
English: Marseille (France, Provence), view on the city and the ports, with Major cathedral Français : Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) : vue générale sur la ville et le port, avec la cathédrale de la Major
Marseille [a] (French: Marseille; Provençal Occitan: Marselha) is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river.
name = Marseille Name used in the default map caption; image = Carte Arrondissement Marseille (Couleur).png The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 43.3938222 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 43.19761 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 5.278416 Longitude at left edge of map, in ...
Marseille-Fos Port (French: Grand port maritime de Marseille, lit. 'Great Seaport of Marseille') is the main trade seaport of France. In 2011, the port had an overall traffic of 88 million tons. It was also one of the 15 world's largest cruise ports and the fifth-largest in the Mediterranean.
The Boulevard d'Athènes is a historic boulevard in Marseille, France.Situated in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, it runs from the Rue Marcel Sembat (off the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles) to the Allée Léon Gambetta, where it becomes the Boulevard Dugommier and finally meets the Canebière.
In 1892, the Compagnie du chemin de fer de l'Est-Marseille established a tramline along the boulevard. [7] On the west side, they built an underground tram tunnel, going all the way to the Gare de Noailles. [7] [8] The boulevard was mentioned by French novelist Émile Zola in Chapter 13 of his 1895 novel entitled Les Mystères de Marseille. [9]
Pages in category "Geography of Marseille" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.