Martigues
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Commune of Martigues Le miroir aux oiseaux area of Martigues |
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Location | |
Longitude | 05° 02' 51" E |
Latitude | 43° 24' 19" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
Arrondissement | Istres |
Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons: Martigues-Est and Martigues-Ouest |
Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Ouest de l'Étang de Berre |
Mayor | Paul Lombard (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 0 m–187 m (avg. 1 m) |
Land area¹ | 71.44 km² |
Population² (1999) |
43,497 |
- Density (1999) | 609/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 13056/ 13500 |
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). | |
Martigues is a town and commune in the southeastern part of France, to the northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône département and lies in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. In the 1999 census, Martigues had a population of 43,493.
[edit] History
Martigues was founded by Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Provence in 1232 on the likely site of the Roman camp Maritima Avaticorum.
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