La Ciotat
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| Commune of La Ciotat | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Marseille |
| Canton | La Ciotat |
| Intercommunality | Marseille Provence Métropole |
| Mayor | Patrick Boré UMP (Conseiller Général) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 31.46 km² |
| Population² (?) |
31,630 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Postal code | 13600 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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La Ciotat is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. It is a component of the metropolitan Marseille Provence Métropole, and the second-largest suburb of the city of Marseille, and is located to the southeast of it.
It is twinned with Bridgwater in the county of Somerset, England.
La Ciotat is the site of the first showing of an animated film. It was by the Lumiere brothers.
Jules Le Noir invent 1910 (bzw. 1907) in La Ciotat Pétanque. The history is documented in the MUSEE CIOTADEN.
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