Bouches-du-Rhône
French depairtment / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bouches-du-Rhône (Occitan: Bocas de Ròse, lit. "Mooths o the Rhône") is a depairtment in the sooth o Fraunce named efter the mooth o the Rhône River.
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Bouches-du-Rhône | |
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Location of Bouches-du-Rhône in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 43°30′N 5°5′E | |
Kintra | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes- Côte d'Azur |
Prefectur | Marseille |
Subprefecturs | Aix-en-Provence Arles Istres |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Jean-Noël Guérini (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 5087 km2 (1,964 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 1,958,926 |
• Rank | 3rd |
• Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment number | 13 |
Arrondissements | 4 |
Cantons | 57 |
Communes | 119 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lakes, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2 |
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