Coordinates: 43°30′N 5°5′E / 43.5°N 5.083°E
| Bouches-du-Rhône | |
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| Coat of Arms of Bouches-du-Rhône | |
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| Department number: | 13 |
| Region: | Provence-Alpes- Côte d'Azur |
| Prefecture: | Marseille |
| Subprefectures: | Aix-en-Provence Arles Istres |
| Arrondissements: | 4 |
| Cantons: | 57 |
| Communes: | 119 |
| President of the General Council: | Jean-Noël Guérini PS |
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| Population | Ranked 3rd |
| -Jan 1, 2006 estimate -March 8, 1999 census |
1,937,405 1,835,719 |
| Population density: | 377/km2 |
| Land area¹: | 5,087 km2 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2. | |
Bouches-du-Rhône (Occitan: Bocas de Ròse, lit. "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhône River.
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Bouches-du-Rhône is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Provence and the principalities of Orange, Martigues, and Lambesc. It lost part of its territory in 1793, including Orange and Apt, when the Vaucluse department was created.
The history of the area is closely linked to that of Provence. Marseille has been an important harbor since before Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul. The Roman presence has left numerous monuments across the department.
The department is part of the current region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is surrounded by the departments of Gard on the west, Vaucluse on the north, and Var on the east, and by the Mediterranean Sea on the south.
Marseille contains an important harbor.
Other cities include:
Rivers include:
Lakes include:
Mountains include:
The President of the General Council is Jean-Noël Guérini of the Socialist Party. Although the department leans to the right in national elections, it remains a stronghold of the left at the local level due to the very strong PS machine in the department led today by Guérini and in the past by Gaston Defferre.
| Party | seats | |
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| • | Socialist Party | 33 |
| Union for a Popular Movement | 13 | |
| • | French Communist Party | 6 |
| Miscellaneous Right | 5 | |
The department is well represented in French art. Paul Cézanne painted numerous representations of the Mont Sainte-Victoire. Vincent van Gogh spent much of his life in Arles, painting many scenes in the area.
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