Marseille is a city in the south of France. 2. âTwo injured in French school stabbing: media,â Xinhua, September 7, 2019: PARIS, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) â A 17-year-old man armed with a knife assaulted two municipal employees at a canteen in a school in Marseille on Friday morning, French daily Le Parisien reported. Its metropolitan area , which extends over 3,174 km 2 (1,225 sq mi) is the third-largest in France after those of Paris and Lyon , with a population of 1,760,653 as of 2017, [3] or 3,100,329 (2019) by the ⦠In Marseille, there are seven halal abattoirs during Eid al-Adha, 73 prayer spaces, including 10 in the city center. Marseille is the second-largest city in France and the most populous city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte dâAzur region. In 2015, The Guardian reported that were 250,000 Muslims in Marseille. ; ⦠Marseille is facing its biggest crisis in decades as many of its historic buildings-turned-slums are collapsing, with often tragic results ... Thu 21 Mar 2019 02.30 EDT. The larger metropolitan area has a population estimated at 2.22 million, and it's the second-largest metro area ⦠Marseille. Lyon is the third-largest city in France after Paris and Marseille with a population of 495,000 in 2015. 51.61% are females and 20.26% have a age of 65 or more. [citation needed] Unlike in some other parts of France, Muslim minorities live within city limits, often side-by-side with the native population. It is the capital of Bouches-du-Rhône département and also the administrative and commercial capital of Provence-Alpes-Côte dâAzur, one of Franceâs fastest growing régions. 2nd largest French city : according to population: 869,815 (INSEE 2019 figures) Largest French Communauté Communes, Marseille Provence Métropole, totalling 18 towns and villages with a population of 1,200,000.; Area : 240 km2 including 100 km2 of natural areas. Metropolitan France consists of 35,228 communes at the beginning of 2018. 2019-12-31. As of October 2019, the population of Marseille ⦠2019-01-20. October 17, 2019 Au Grand Saint-Antoine (0) Anthony the Great is the patron saint of pigs, hence why paintings of him often depict [â¦] Posted in Marseille; July 1, 2020 Épicerie lâIdéal (0) When épiceries first set up shop in France in the Middle Ages, they predominantly sold [â¦] Currently, 81.1 % of the population of France is urban (52,849,078 people in 2019) Population Density The 2019 population density in France is 119 people per Km 2 (308 people per mi 2 ), calculated on a total land ⦠It has a population of 855,393 people and is home to one of the largest parts in Europe. The city is located on the Mediterranean coast near the mouth of the Rhône. Marseille is the second largest city in France, covering an area of 241 km 2 (93 sq mi) and had a population of 870,018 in 2016. The oldest city in France, founded 2,600 years ago. Proportionally, Marseille (population 800,000), now has almost as many drug-related murders as New York (population 8,000,000). According to preliminary estimates, the total 2019 population reached 64.81 million. Lyon (also called Lyons) is located in east-central France between Marseille and Paris in the Rhone-Alpes region.