Bouches-du-Rhône
French department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Summary
Bouches-du-Rhône is a department of France[1]. Bouches-du-Rhône ranks in the top 7% of department of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,626 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: International Union for Conservation of Nature[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[4]
- Country: France[5]
- Capital: Marseille[6]
- Shares border with: Gard[7], Vaucluse[8], Var[9]
- Named after: Rhône[10], river mouth[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence[12], arrondissement of Arles[13], arrondissement of Istres[14], arrondissement of Marseille[15]
- Commons category: Bouches-du-Rhône[16]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[17]
- Highest point: Bertagne[18]
- Coordinate location: 43.5, 5.0833333333333[19]
- Official website: https://www.departement13.fr/[20], https://www.bouches-du-rhone.gouv.fr/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bouches-du-Rhône[22]
- Commons gallery: Bouches-du-Rhône[23]
- Population: 1,975,896[24], 2,016,622[25], 2,024,162[26], 2,034,357[27], 2,043,110[28], 2,048,070[29], 2,056,943[30], 2,069,811[31], 2,087,658[32]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Bouches-du-Rhône[33]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[34]
- Coordinates of northernmost point: 43.9240968, 4.7389211[35]
- Coordinates of southernmost point: 43.1574101, 5.6191155[36]
- Coordinates of easternmost point: 43.6891894, 5.8135205[37]
- Coordinates of westernmost point: 43.4603947, 4.230127[38]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[39]
- Official name: Bouches-du-Rhône[40]
- List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques des Bouches-du-Rhône[41]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bouches-du-Rhône[42]
Why It Matters
Bouches-du-Rhône has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Bouches-du-Rhône is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]