M'saken
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| Country |
 Tunisia
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| Governorate | Sousse | ||
| Post Code | 4070 | ||
| Website | www.commune-msaken.gov.tn | ||
| Demographics | |||
| population | 55,721 pop (2004) | ||
| Population density | 439 inhabitants / km² | ||
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| height | 143 m | ||
| surface | 127 km² | ||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 43 ' N , 10 ° 34' E | ||
M'saken ( Arabic مساكن, DMG Masākin ) is a city in northeastern Tunisia . It is located around twelve kilometers south of Sousse and 140 kilometers south of Tunis on the A1 motorway and has around 55,000 inhabitants. In summer the population is significantly higher due to the influx of emigrants living in France in particular.
The place name means (in the plural) "residences", "houses".
The city's well-known sports club is the Croissant Sportif de M'saken .
sons and daughters of the town
- Zoubaier Baya (* 1971), Tunisian football player
- Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel (1985-2016), Tunisian assassin
- Saïf Ghezal (* 1981), Tunisian football player
- Enis Hajri (* 1983), Tunisian football player
- Ammar Jemal (* 1987), Tunisian football player
Twin cities
Web links
Commons : M'saken - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Institut National de la Statistique - Tunisie: Census 2004 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . ( french )
