Bouches-du-Rhône
| Bouches-du-Rhône | |||
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| Depairtment | |||
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| Coordinates: 43°30′N 5°5′E / 43.500°N 5.083°E | |||
| Kintra | France | ||
| Region | Provence-Alpes- Côte d'Azur |
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| Prefectur | Marseille | ||
| Subprefecturs | Aix-en-Provence Arles Istres |
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| Government | |||
| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Jean-Noël Guérini (PS) | ||
| Area1 | |||
| • Total | 5,087 km2 (1,964 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 1,958,926 | ||
| • Rank | 3rd | ||
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| 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.
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History[eedit | edit source]
History o the department[eedit | edit source]
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 than 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 | edit source]
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 | edit source]
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 | edit source]
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 | edit source]
- Cantons o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment
- Communes o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment
- Arrondissements o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment
Freemit airtins[eedit | edit source]
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Bouches-du-Rhone at the Open Directory Project
- (French) Prefecture wabsteid
- (French) General Cooncil wabsteid
- (French) Wabsteid frae the Camargue
