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Aix-en-Provence
The Roond Foontain, or Three Graces, biggit in 1860
The Roond Foontain, or Three Graces, biggit in 1860
Coat of airms o Aix-en-Provence
Coat airms
Aix-en-Provence is located in Fraunce
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
Aix-en-Provence is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence
Coordinates: 43°31′35″N 5°26′44″E / 43.526304°N 5.445429°E / 43.526304; 5.445429Coordinates: 43°31′35″N 5°26′44″E / 43.526304°N 5.445429°E / 43.526304; 5.445429
KintraFraunce
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepairtmentBouches-du-Rhône
ArrondissementAix-en-Provence
IntercommunalityPays d'Aix
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Maryse Joissains-Masini (UMP)
Area
1
186.08 km2 (71.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2010[1])2
141,438
 • Density760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
13001 /13100 or 13090
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Aix-en-Provence [French pronunciation: ​[ɛksɑ̃pʁovɑ̃s]] (Provençal Occitan: Ais de Provença in clessical norm, or Ais de Prouvènço in Mistralian norm, pronounced [ˈajz de pʀuˈvɛⁿsɔ], Laitin: Aquae Sextiae),[2] or simply Aix (pronounced [ɛks]; medieval Occitan Aics), is a ceety-commune in the sooth o Fraunce, aboot 30 km (19 mi) north o Marseille.

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns - Sister ceeties

Aix-en-Provence is offeecially twinned[3][4] with the following seven cities (in alphabetical order):

Pairtnerships

In addeetion, Aix has internaitional cooperations, pairtnerships an exchynges wi the follaeing ceeties frae aw ower the warld:[3]

References

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  1. http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3A240
  2. Houever, wi the preposition a ~ à 'tae', the forms are as Ais ~ à-z-Ais [aˈzaj]
  3. a b "Association of twinnings and international relations of Aix-en-Provence". Aix-jumelages.com. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2010.
  4. Mairie of Aix-en-Provence – Twinnings and partnerships Archived 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.
  6. "Bath's Twinning Associations". The Mayor of Bruton. Archived frae the original on 17 Mey 2011. Retrieved 15 Julie 2013.
  7. "Town Twinning". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Archived frae the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  8. "Acordos de Geminação" (in Portuguese). © 2009 Câmara Municipal de Coimbra – Praça 8 de Maio – 3000-300 Coimbra. Retrieved 25 Juin 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)
  9. Perugia Official site – Relazioni Internazionali (in Italian)