Bouches-du-Rhône department

Bouches-du-Rhône
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
prefecture	Marseille
Sub-prefecture (s)	Aix-en-Provence ; Arles ; Istres
Residents	2,024,162 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	398 inhabitants per km²
surface	5,089.52 km²
Arrondissements	4th
Community associations	4th
Cantons	29
Communities	119
President of the ; Department Council	Jean-Noël Guérini
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-13
	; Location of Bouches-du-Rhône in the ; region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

The Bouches-du-Rhône department ([ buʃdyʀoːn ] to, French bouche "mouth") is the French department with the atomic number 13. It is in the southeast of the country in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . The prefecture is Marseille , sub-prefectures are Aix-en-Provence , Arles and Istres .

geography

The department is located in Provence on the Mediterranean Sea and has a total of 280 kilometers of coastline. This is divided from east to west into the Côte d'Azur , the Côte Bleue and the Côte camarguaise . The department is bordered by the Gard departments to the west, Vaucluse to the north and Var to the east. In the south-west of the department near Arles are the Camargue and Crau landscapes , which are barely populated, as well as the small mountains of the Alpilles .

coat of arms

Description: In gold, a blue cap piece with a golden lily in the middle and a three-leg red tournament collar on the head of the shield .

population

A total of 2,024,162 people lived in the department on January 1, 2017. They are called Bucco-Rhodaniens referred . A large part of the population lives in and around the prefecture of Marseille . In 2008, more than 10,000 people lived in 28 of the 119 parishes.

	local community	Population (January 1, 2017)
1	Marseille	863.310
2	Aix-en-Provence	142,482
3	Arles	52,548
4th	Martigues	48,188
5	Aubagne	46.209
6th	Salon-de-Provence	45,528
7th	Istres	43,133
8th	La Ciotat	35,174
9	Vitrolles	33,310
10	Marignans	32,920
11	Miramas	26,470
12	Les Pennes-Mirabeau	21,046
13	Allauch	21,187
14th	Gardanne	20,794
15th	Port-de-Bouc	16,516
16	Fos-sur-Mer	15,494
17th	Châteaurenard	15,814
18th	Tarascon	14,813
19th	Bouc-Bel-Air	14,654
20th	Berre-l'Étang	13,472

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Bouches-du-Rhône department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Aix-en-Provence	10	47	000000000450801.0000000000450,801	1,659.71	000000000000272.0000000000272	131
Arles	4th	29	000000000172085.0000000000172.085	2,031.51	000000000000085.000000000085	132
Istres	7th	21st	000000000327881.0000000000327.881	715.13	000000000000458.0000000000458	134
Marseille	16	21st	000000001073395.00000000001,073,395	683.17	000000000001571.00000000001,571	133
Bouches-du-Rhône department	29	119	000000002024162.00000000002,024,162	5,089.52	000000000000398.0000000000398	13

See also:

traffic

Marseille Airport is located in the department .

media

The radio station France Bleu Provence broadcasts in the Bouches-du-Rhône and Var departments.

climate

Measurement station: Marseille-Marignane

Maritime climate data	Jan.	February	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean maximum temperature	11	13	15th	18th	22nd	26th	30th	29	25th	20th	15th	12
Medium low temperature	3	4th	6th	9	13	16	19th	19th	16	12	7th	4th
Number of very sunny days	7th	7th	7th	7th	6th	8th	16	12	10	8th	7th	10
Number of days with an overcast sky	10	9	9	7th	5	3	1	2	5	8th	9	10
Number of rainy days	6th	6th	5	5	5	3	2	3	4th	6th	5	6th
Rainfall in mm	45	55	45	43	42	32	14th	25th	57	85	55	63
Water temperature near the coast	13	12	13	14th	16	19th	22nd	22nd	21st	19th	17th	14th