Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

. It is part of the

Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( ; , ; ; "the Mouths of the Rhône") is a Departments of France, department in southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var (department), Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the sout ...

department in the

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the Metropolitan France, mainland. The main P ...

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on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A direct translation from the Martigues TourismeMartigues-Tourisme Official Website
, page of direct translation, quoting Martigue as "The Venice of Provence" website states the following about Martigues:

Nicknamed the "Provençale Venice", Martigues is a point of passage between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Martigues (now Etang de Berre), close to the Côte d'Azur. The charm of its canals, its docks and bridges made it "The Venice of Provence". Martigues possesses also its cooperative winery "La Venise provençale": Coteaux d'Aix en Provence, rosé, red and white wines, fruit juices and natural oils in the region. Main varietals: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Carignan, Clairette.

History

Martigues was founded by Ramon Berenguer IV,

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in 1232 on the likely site of the

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camp Maritima Avaticorum. The Hôtel de Ville was built on the former salt marshes and completed in 1983.

Population

Transport

The Gare de Martigues railway station is served by regional trains between Miramas and Marseille. The nearest airport is

Marseille Provence Airport Marseille Provence Airport () is an international airport located 27 km (17 miles) northwest of Marseille, on the territory of Marignane, both '' communes'' of the Bouches-du-Rhône ''département'' in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regi ...

(MRS), which is 14.52 km (9 miles) away. CroisiEurope runs river cruises between Martigues (dock near Avenue Louis Sammut, behind City Hall) and either

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Chalon-sur-Saône Chalon-sur-Saône (, literally ''Chalon on Saône'') is a city in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefectu ...

People

* Gerard Thom (Frère Gérard), founder of the

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* Etienne Auteman / Authement, City Attorney 1700 *

Étienne Richaud Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud (, born on 11 January 1841 in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône, France); died on 31 May 1889 in the Bay of Bengal), was the :fr:Chef de cabinet, Principal private secretary of the Minister of Commerce and Industry ...

(1841-1889), Principal private secretary ( Gambetta's Ministry), Governor of La Réunion,

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for

Inde française French India, formally the (), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were ''de facto'' incorporated into the ...

Charles Maurras Charles-Marie-Photius Maurras (; ; 20 April 1868 – 16 November 1952) was a French author, politician, poet and critic. He was an organiser and principal philosopher of ''Action Française'', a political movement that was monarchist, corporatis ...

(1868-1952), poet and political theorist *

Éric Bernard Éric Bernard (born 24 August 1964) is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between and . Born in Martigues, Bernard began competitive kart racing aged 13, winning several national titles. He graduated to Formula Renault ...

, Formula-1 driver *

Jimmy Abdou Nadjim "Jimmy" Abdou (born 13 July 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Starting his career in his hometown club of Martigues, Abdou later went on to play in Ligue 1 with Sedan before moving to England with Pl ...

, footballer * Ali Ahamada, footballer * Barket Bekrar. footballer *

Maurice Dalé Maurice Junior Dalé (born 12 July 1985) is a French professional association football, footballer of who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for ES Fosséenne. Career The French-Ivorian began his career with FC Martigues, where ...

, footballer *

Rod Fanni Rod Dodji Fanni (born 6 December 1981) is a former French footballer who last played as a centre-back for Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer. He made five appearances for the France national team between 2008 and 2010. Club career Early ca ...

, footballer *

Foued Kadir Foued Kadir (born 5 December 1983) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Istres. Born in France, Kadir was a member of the Algeria national team at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and t ...

, footballer *

André-Pierre Gignac André-Pierre Christian Gignac (born 5 December 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward. Gignac began his career in his home Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône, playi ...

, footballer * Clara Luciani, singer * Amor Kehiha, footballer *

Imany Nadia Mladjao (born 5 April 1979), better known by her stage name Imany ( ), is a French pop-soul recording artist of Comorian descent. Her debut album, ''The Shape of a Broken Heart'', which was released in 2011, reached platinum status in Fran ...

, singer *

Giacomo Giacomo () is an Italian given name corresponding to English James (name), James. It is the Italian version of the Hebrew name Jacob (name), Jacob. People bearing the name include: *Giacomo Acerbo (1888–1969), Italian economi ...

and

Gilles Coustellier Gilles Coustellier (born 13 May 1986 in Martigues, France) is a French mountain bike trials cyclist. He specialises in Mountain bike trials#26″ – 'Stock Bikes', 26-inch trials but has also competed in Mountain bike trials#20″ – 'Mod Bike ...

, both multiple mountainbike trials world champions * Yusuf Sari, footballer * Philippe Didier Prout, firefighter

Sport

The 1st stage of the 2024 Tour de la Provence finished at Martigues on the 9th of Feb.

References

External links

Official website
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