Bouches-du-Rhône

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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.

 History 
 History o the department 

Bouches-du-Rhône is ane o the oreeginal 83 depairtments creatit durin the French Revolution on 4 Mairch 1790. It wis creatit frae the wastren pairt o the umwhile province o Provence an the principalities o Orange, Martigues, an Lambesc. It lost pairt o its territory in 1793, includin Orange an Apt, when the Vaucluse depairtment wis creatit.

Follaein its creation, the depairtment wis immediately strangly an actively supportive o the French Revolution, containin 90 "Jacobin Clubs" by 1794.Albert Ceccarelli, La Révolution à l’Isle sur la Sorgue et en Vaucluse, Éditions Scriba, 1989, 2-86736-018-8, p 27 It wis an aa noteworthy that mair nor 50% o the priests in the depairtment acceptit the Ceevil Constitution o the Clergy which in effect subordinatit the kirk tae the govrenment.Albert Ceccarelli, La Révolution..., p 30 Durin the ascendancy o the Communist Pairty in the twintiet century election results indicatit that support for left-wing politics remained relatively strang in the depairtment, an especially in the northren suburbs o Marseille.

 History o the aurie 

The history o the aurie is closely linked tae that o Provence. Marseille haes been an important harbor syne afore Julius Caesar's conquest o Gaul. The Roman presence haes left numerous monuments athort the depairtment.

 Geografie 
The depairtment is pairt o the current region o Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is surroondit bi the depairtments o Gard on the wast, Vaucluse on the north, an Var on the east, an bi the Mediterranean Sea on the sooth.

Marseille contains an important harbor.

Ither ceeties include:
 Salon de Provence
 Aix-en-Provence
 Aubagne
 Arles
 Cassis
 Fos-sur-Mer
 Istres
 La Ciotat
 Martigues

Rivers include:
 Rhône, which forms the border wi the Gard depairtment
 Rhône delta (the Camargue), in the soothwastren pairt o the depairtment
 Durance
 Arc
 Huveaune

Lakes include:
 Étang de Berre
 Étang de Vaccarès, in Camargue

Muntains include:
 Alpilles muntain range
 Calanques atween Marseille an La Ciotat
 Corniche des Crêtes
 Garlaban
 Mont Puget
 Montagnette hills
 Sainte-Victoire muntain
 Sainte-Baume massif

 Cultur 
The depairtment is well representit in French airt. Paul Cézanne paintit numerous representations o the Mont Sainte-Victoire. Vincent van Gogh spent hintle o his life in Arles, paintin mony scenes in the aurie.

 See an aa 
 Cantons o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment
 Communes o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment
 Arrondissements o the Bouches-du-Rhône depairtment

 Freemit airtins 

 Prefecture wabsteid 
 General Cooncil wabsteid 
 Wabsteid frae the Camargue 

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