The 9th arrondissement of Marseille is one of 16 arrondissements of Marseille. This district is the largest in the city. The 9th arrondissement borders the 8th, 10th and 11th arrondissements. It is governed locally together with the 10th arrondissement, with which it forms the 5th sector of Marseille.

Neighbourhoods

The district is divided into nine neighbourhoods: Les Baumettes, Le Cabot, Carpiagne, La Panouse, Le Redon (comprising

Luminy Aix-Marseille University Faculty of Sciences is one of the faculties of Aix-Marseille University. The faculty is divided into seven departments across six campuses. With 8000 students and 1600 staff and faculty it is one of the largest science facu ...

Mazargues Mazargues is a former village and now a neighbourhood of the 9th arrondissement in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. History Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné (1646–1705), a French aristocrat, had a bastide in Mazargues. On February 5, 1 ...

, Sainte-Marguerite,

Sormiou The Calanque de Sormiou is the biggest calanque of the Calanques National Park, France. Located in the 9th arrondissement of Marseille, it is famous for its climbing Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part ...

, Vaufrèges, along with multiple smaller sized lots. The arrondissement also contains part of the

Massif des Calanques The Massif des Calanques () is a wild and rugged terrain stretching from the ninth arrondissement of Marseille to the east towards Cassis, spanning 20 km in length and 4 km in width along the coast. Its highest peak is Mont Puget at 56 ...

Public transport

The 9th district has two subway stations, part of the

Marseille Metro The Marseille Metro (french: Métro de Marseille) is a rapid transit system serving Marseille, in Southern France. As of 2020, the system comprises two lines, partly underground, serving 31 stations, with an overall route length of . Line 1 opene ...

. * Rond-Point du Prado * Sainte-Marguerite Dromel

Principal landmarks

* The Mazargues obelisk * The Mazargues War Cemetery, a

Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations m ...

burial ground, is located on Avenue General de Lattre de Tassigny. Covering an area of , it contains memorials to 1742 war casualties, including 1487 from

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

and 267 from

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

Demography

Population of the neighbourhoods

Education and training by neighbourhood in 2006

Unemployment rate by neighbourhood in 2006

Beneficiaries of supplementary universal health coverage (CMU-C) by neighbourhood

Supplementary CMU (CMU-C) is a free complementary health that covers what is not covered by compulsory health insurance schemes. Beneficiaries of the CMU-C by IRIS in 2008

Families by neighbourhood in 2006

Single parent families and families with four children at 1 January 2006

Dwellings by neighbourhood at 8/3/1999

Population of neighbourhood by age at 8/3/1999

References

External links

Official website

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