The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis (, ) is the ''

métropole A (; French for "metropolis") is an administrative entity in France, in which several communes cooperate, and which has the right to levy local tax, an ''établissement public de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre''. It is the mo ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

and

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, s ...

. It is located in the

Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( ; , ; ; "the Mouths of the Rhône") is a Departments of France, department in southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var (department), Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the sout ...

, Var and

Vaucluse Vaucluse (; or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.

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, in the

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the Metropolitan France, mainland. The main P ...

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, southeastern

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.Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence (N° SIREN : 200054807)
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Communauté urbaine (; French for "urban community") is the second most integrated form of intercommunality in France, after the ''Metropolis'' (). A is composed of a city ( commune) and its independent suburbs (independent communes). The first communautés urba ...

Marseille Provence Métropole'' and five communautés d'agglomération. Its area is 3149.2 km². Its population was 1,889,666 in 2018, of which 868,277 in Marseille proper and 143,097 in Aix-en-Provence.Comparateur de territoire
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History

The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis was formed through the merger of the following communities: * Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole * Agglomeration Community of Pays d'Aix * Agglopole Provence * Ouest Provence * Agglomeration Community of Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Étoile * Agglomeration Community of Pays de Martigues

Communes

Of the 92 communes of the métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence, 90 are part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department.

Pertuis Pertuis (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in Vaucluse, a Departments of France, department in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, south of the Luberon. Pertuis has existed since at least 981, and a castle was first b ...

is in Vaucluse, and Saint-Zacharie is in Var.Intercommunalité : Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
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# Allauch # Alleins #

Aubagne Aubagne (; according to the classic norm or according to the Mistralian norm) is a Commune in France, commune in the southern French Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2020, the commune was awarded three flowers by the ...

# Auriol # Aurons # La Barben # Beaurecueil #

Belcodène Belcodène (; ) is a commune situated east of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Wes ...

Berre-l'Étang Berre-l'Étang (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. Population See also * Étang de Berre * Communes of the Bouches-du ...

# Bouc-Bel-Air # La Bouilladisse # Cabriès # Cadolive # Carnoux-en-Provence # Carry-le-Rouet # Cassis # Ceyreste # Charleval # Châteauneuf-le-Rouge # Châteauneuf-les-Martigues #

La Ciotat La Ciotat (; ; in Mistralian spelling ''La Ciéutat''; 'the City') is a Communes of France, commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southern France. It ...

# Cornillon-Confoux # Coudoux # Cuges-les-Pins # La Destrousse # Éguilles # Ensuès-la-Redonne # Eyguières # La Fare-les-Oliviers #

Fos-sur-Mer Fos-sur-Mer (, literally ''Fos on Sea''; Provençal: ''Fòs'') is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Geography Fos-sur-Mer is situated about north west of Marseille, on the Mediterranean coast, and to the w ...

# Fuveau # Gardanne # Gémenos # Gignac-la-Nerthe # Grans # Gréasque # Istres # Jouques # Lamanon # Lambesc # Lançon-Provence # Mallemort # Marignane #

Martigues Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A ...

# Meyrargues # Meyreuil # Mimet # Miramas #

Pélissanne Pélissanne (; , Mistralian norm: ''Pelissano'') is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is located just east of Salon-de-Provence Salon-de-Provence (, ; or , ), ...

# Les Pennes-Mirabeau # La Penne-sur-Huveaune #

# Peynier # Peypin # Peyrolles-en-Provence # Plan-de-Cuques # Port-de-Bouc # Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône # Puyloubier # Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade # Rognac # Rognes # La Roque-d'Anthéron # Roquefort-la-Bédoule # Roquevaire # Rousset # Le Rove # Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon # Saint-Cannat # Saint-Chamas # Saint-Estève-Janson # Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde # Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts # Saint-Paul-lès-Durance # Saint-Savournin # Saint-Victoret # Saint-Zacharie #

Salon-de-Provence Salon-de-Provence (, ; or , ), commonly known as Salon, is a commune located about northwest of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department (Metropolis of Aix-Marseille Provence), region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southern France. It ...

# Sausset-les-Pins # Sénas # Septèmes-les-Vallons # Simiane-Collongue # Le Tholonet # Trets # Vauvenargues # Velaux # Venelles # Ventabren # Vernègues # Vitrolles

References

Aix Intercommunalities of Bouches-du-Rhône Intercommunalities of Var Intercommunalities of Vaucluse Geography of Marseille {{BouchesRhône-geo-stub