Bouches-du-Rhône
The department of Bouches -du -Rhône ( [ buʃdyʀo ː n] to French bouche, mouth - mouth ') is a French department of atomic number 13 It is in the southeast of the country in the region Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur. Prefecture is Marseille, sub-prefectures are Aix -en- Provence, Arles and Istres.
Geography
The department is located in Provence along the Mediterranean and has a total of 280 kilometers of coastline. This is divided from east to west in the Côte d' Azur, the Côte Bleue and the Côte camarguaise. The department borders the departments of Gard on the west, Vaucluse on the north and the east Var. In the southwest of the department at Arles Camargue and Crau are the landscapes that are sparsely populated, and the small mountains of the Alpilles.
Coat of arms
Description: In gold a blue Göpel piece with a golden lily in the center and has a three-stage tournament red collar on the main shield.
Population
Overall lived on 1 January 2011 1,975,896 people in the department. They are called Bucco - Rhodaniens. A large part of the population lives in and around the prefecture Marseille. In 28 of the 119 municipalities in 2008 lived more than 10,000 people.