MARTIGUES


'Martigues' (Occitan: ''Lo Martegue'' in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a town and commune in the southeastern part of France, to the northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône ''département'' and lies in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ''région'' on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. In the 1999 census, Martigues had a population of 43,493.

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History


Martigues was founded by Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Provence in 1232 on the likely site of the Roman camp Maritima Avaticorum.

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