France – Marseille Marseilles – Travel – Jim Rogers World Adventure
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Posted in : Jim Rogers World Travel:
- On : Jun 23, 2010
Leading economic expert Jim Rogers traveled to 150 countries over 150,000 miles in three years – follow his adventures here on FentonReport.
In this video Jim and Paige visit Marseilles, France.
Copyright Jim Rogers – provided as a special contribution to The Fenton Report. http://www.fentonreport.com
Marseille (English alt. Marseilles) is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest metropolitan area, after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population recorded to be 1,516,340 at the 1999 census and estimated to be 1,605,000 in 2007. Located on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean, Marseille is France’s largest commercial port. Marseille is the administrative capital (préfecture de région) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, as well as the administrative capital (préfecture départementale) of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. Its inhabitants are called Marseillais.