6th arrondissement (Marseille)
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6th arrondissement Arrondissement municipal of Marseille |
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 17 '15 " N , 5 ° 22' 51" E |
| surface | 2.10 km² |
| Residents | 42,827 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 20,394 inhabitants / km² |
| INSEE code | 13206 |
| Post Code | 13006 |
The 6th arrondissement is an arrondissement (municipality) of the city of Marseille in the south of France . In 2007, 43,360 people lived here.
It is located just south of Marseille city center. In the north it borders on the 1st arrondissement , in the east on the 4th and 10th , in the south on the 8th and in the west on the 7th arrondissement .
The arrondissement is divided into six districts :
The arrondissement is one of the most middle-class and wealthiest in the city, especially in its central and western parts. Here you will find the prefecture , the Opera and the Palace of Justice as well as part of the rue de Rome , the city's most important shopping street, and to the west on the top of a hill is the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde basilica , the city's landmark. The part east of the rue de Rome , v. a. the La Plaine district around and around the Notre-Dame-du-Mont church, which is also on top of a hill, is ethnically and socially very mixed and is a preferred residential area for artists and intellectuals.
