La Ciotat

commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Place commune_of_france Q231554
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Summary

La Ciotat is a commune of France[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,798 views/month, #201 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bouches-du-Rhône[3], arrondissement of Marseille[4], canton of la Ciotat[5], Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence[6]
  • Country: France[7]
  • Instance of: port city[8]
  • Shares border with: Cassis[9], Ceyreste[10], La Cadière-d'Azur[11], Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: Singen[13], Torre Annunziata[14]
  • Postal code: 13600[15]
  • Commons category: La Ciotat[16]
  • Licence plate code: 13[17]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[18], UTC+02:00[19]
  • Archives at: archives municipales de La Ciotat[20]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Mediterranean Sea[21]
  • Official website: http://www.laciotat.com[22], https://www.laciotat.com/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:La Ciotat[24]
  • Email address: mailto:mairie.standard@mairie-laciotat.fr[25], mailto:information@mairie-laciotat.fr[26]
  • Population: 33,738[27], 35,580[28], 35,758[29], 35,174[30], 35,281[31], 23,916[32], 32,721[33], 31,727[34], 30,620[35], 31,630[36], 32,126[37], 35,993[38], 36,441[39], 36,987[40]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of La Ciotat[41]
  • Phone number: +33-4-42-08-88-00[42]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[43], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[44]
  • Capital of: canton of la Ciotat[45]
  • Official name: La Ciotat[46]
  • Category for people born here: Q98153122[47]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in La Ciotat[48]
  • Female population: 18,537[49]
  • Male population: 16,637[50]
  • Demonym: Ciotadens[51]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include 61 m[52], 0 m[53], 388 m[54], and 96 m[55].

Cultural Significance

Things named for La Ciotat include it railway station[56], a railway station[57], in France[58].

Why It Matters

La Ciotat has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for it include it railway station[56], a railway station[57], in France[58].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q29127
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  2. 14w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archives at → archives municipales de La Ciotat
    Twinned administrative body → Singen, Torre Annunziata
    Category for people born here → Q98153122
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of La Ciotat
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