City: Marseille is the oldest city in France. The city,
located on the Mediterranean Sea, was founded by the Greeks
in the sixth century BC under the name Massalia or Massilia.
This was an excellent place for trade between the Greeks and
the Celts. In the course of time Marseille was conquered by
different peoples: the Romans, Visigoths, Burgundies and the
Franks. In addition the city was attacked by Muslim pirates
in the 7th century.
Today Marseille is a multicultural city with as many
as 852,395 inhabitants (2007). In the suburbs of Marseille
there are at least 1,623,720 people.
Montredon is a ‘quartier' or town district in the
south of Marseille, on the coastline.
