La Ciotat
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Commune of La Ciotat |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Marseille |
| Canton | La Ciotat |
| Intercommunality | Marseille Provence Métropole |
| Mayor | Patrick Boré (Conseiller Général) |
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| Land area¹ | 31.46 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
31,630 |
| - Density | 1,005.4/km² (1999) |
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| Postal code | 13600 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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La Ciotat is a city in the Bouches-du-Rhône département and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a component of the metropolitan [[Marseille Provence]. It is located to the east of Marseille at equal distance between Marseille and Toulon.
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[edit] History
The city is called "La Ciutat" in Occitan/Provençale/Catalan, meaning "The city". It became prominent in the 15th century.
La Ciotat is the site of the first showing of an animated film. It was by the Lumière brothers.
On September 28, 1895, The Lumière brothers gave the first public screening of projected motion pictures at L'Eden, the world's first and oldest cinéma (theater), in La Ciotat.
In 1910 Jules Le Noir invented the game of Pétanque in La Ciotat. The history of the game is documented in the Musée Ciotaden.
[edit] Miscellaneous
La Ciotat is twinned with:
- Bridgwater, Somerset, England - since 1957
- Kranj, Slovenia - since 1958
- Singen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - since 1958
- Torre Annunziata, Italy - since 2006
[edit] See also
- L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat, an 1896 film by the Lumière brothers
- Calanque
- Corniche des Crêtes
[edit] External links
- La Ciotat Town Hall website
- La Ciotat Tourist Information Office website,
- Musée Ciotaden,
- La Ciotat International Nautical Exhibition,
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