Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône | |
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 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Location of Bouches-du-Rhône in Fraunce | |
| Coordinates: 43°30′N 5°5′E / 43.500°N 5.083°E | |
| Kintra | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes- Côte d'Azur |
| Prefectur | Marseille |
| Subprefecturs | Aix-en-Provence Arles Istres |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Jean-Noël Guérini (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5087 km2 (1,964 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 1,958,926 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Depairtment number | 13 |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 57 |
| Communes | 119 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lakes, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2 | |
Bouches-du-Rhône (Occitan: Bocas de Ròse, lit. "Mooths o the Rhône") is a depairtment in the sooth o Fraunce named efter the mooth o the Rhône River.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
History o the department[eedit | eedit soorce]
Bouches-du-Rhône is ane o the oreeginal 83 depairtments creatit durin the French Revolution on 4 Mairch 1790. It wis creatit frae the wastren pairt o the umwhile province o Provence an the principalities o Orange, Martigues, an Lambesc. It lost pairt o its territory in 1793, includin Orange an Apt, when the Vaucluse depairtment wis creatit.
Follaein its creation, the depairtment wis immediately strangly an actively supportive o the French Revolution, containin 90 "Jacobin Clubs" by 1794.[1] It wis an aa noteworthy that mair nor 50% o the priests in the depairtment acceptit the Ceevil Constitution o the Clergy which in effect subordinatit the kirk tae the govrenment.[2] Durin the ascendancy o the Communist Pairty in the twintiet century election results indicatit that support for left-wing politics remained relatively strang in the depairtment, an especially in the northren suburbs o Marseille.
History o the aurie[eedit | eedit soorce]
The history o the aurie is closely linked tae that o Provence. Marseille haes been an important harbor syne afore Julius Caesar's conquest o Gaul. The Roman presence haes left numerous monuments athort the depairtment.
Geografie[eedit | eedit soorce]
The depairtment is pairt o the current region o Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is surroondit bi the depairtments o Gard on the wast, Vaucluse on the north, an Var on the east, an bi the Mediterranean Sea on the sooth.
Marseille contains an important harbor.
Ither ceeties include:
Rivers include:
- Rhône, which forms the border wi the Gard depairtment
- Rhône delta (the Camargue), in the soothwastren pairt o the depairtment
- Durance
- Arc
- Huveaune
Lakes include:
- Étang de Berre
- Étang de Vaccarès, in Camargue
Muntains include:
- Alpilles muntain range
- Calanques atween Marseille an La Ciotat
- Corniche des Crêtes
- Garlaban
- Mont Puget
- Montagnette hills
- Sainte-Victoire muntain
- Sainte-Baume massif
Cultur[eedit | eedit soorce]
The depairtment is well representit in French airt. Paul Cézanne paintit numerous representations o the Mont Sainte-Victoire. Vincent van Gogh spent hintle o his life in Arles, paintin mony scenes in the aurie.
See an aa[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Cantons o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment
- Communes o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment
- Arrondissements o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Bouches-du-Rhône. |
- (in French) Prefecture wabsteid
- (in French) General Cooncil wabsteid
- (in French) Wabsteid frae the Camargue Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine