what city in france was originally a greek state
Marseille Marseille (English /mɑːrˈseɪ/; French: [maʁsɛj] ( listen), locally: [mɑχˈsɛjə]; Provençal Marselha [maʀˈsejɔ, maʀˈsijɔ]), also known as Marseilles, is a city in France. The capital of the Bouches-du-Rhône department and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Marseille, on France's south coast, is the country's second largest city, after Paris, with a population of 852,516 in 2012,[1] and an area of 241 km2 (93 sq mi), the 3rd-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris and Lyon.[3]