Marseille is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest metropolitan area, with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census and 1,605,000 inhabitants in 2007 after Paris and Lyon. Located on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France's largest commercial port. Marseille is the administrative capital (préfecture de région) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azurregion,as well as the administrative capital (préfecture départementale) of the Bouches-du-Rhônedepartment. Its inhabitants are called Marseillais.read full wikipedia reference about Marseille, France