Region: Provence-Alpes-C? te d 'Azur (French: Provence-Alpes-C&; Ocirc blue coast)
Province: Rhone Estuary Province (French: Bouche-du-RH&; ocircne)
Postal codes: 13 100 and 13090.
Current Mayor: maryse Joysans-Masini (200 1-2008)
Latitude: 43 degrees 3 1'52 "N.
Longitude: 5 degrees 27' 15 "E.
Altitude: 73m minimum, 50 1m maximum.
Area: 186.08 km2
Population: 14 1200 (2005)
Population density: 753 people/km2.
Language: French
geography
Aix is 20 minutes' drive from Marseille, half an hour's drive from ski resort 1 month, 30 minutes' drive from the beach and 0/5 minutes' drive from Marseille-Provence Airport/kloc-0. It takes about 2 hours and 55 minutes to 3 hours 10 minute to arrive in Paris by TGV from La Gare d'Aix-en-Provence TGV.
climate
The climate is Mediterranean: it is hot and sunny in summer; It is cool in winter and mild in spring and autumn. Aix is hot and dry in summer and dry in winter, with 300 sunny days every year. 5438+ 10 The average temperature in June is about 5℃, and the average temperature in July is about 22℃ ... The climate in rural areas is slightly different from that in cities. In contrast, the weather will be wetter and windy.
celebrity
El Honnore of Provence (1223- 129 1): Queen Henry III.
Jean-Baptiste Van Lu, 1684- 1745, painter.
Jean Espariat, 1747- 1827, lawyer, the first mayor of Aix-Provence.
Fran? ois Marius Granet, 1775- 1849, painter.
Humbwa Thomas Lu-Alfilau, 1776- 1858, historian.
Saint Eugene Mazenot, 1782- 186 1, a Catholic missionary, was listed as a saint by Pope jean paul II in 1995.
Francois-August Migne, 1796- 1884, historian.
Emmanuel de Fons Colombo, 18 10- 1875, composer.
Paul Alexis, 1847- 190 1, writer.
Paul Cézanne (1839- 1906): painter.
Darius Mi Yue (1892- 1984): composer.
education
Aix-Provence is a university town with about 465,438+0,000 college students living here. In addition, it has four high schools with a scale of over 65,438+0,000 students.
The main universities are:
Aix-Marseille's first college of scholars and arts.
School of Economics and Information Science, University of Aix-Marseille II.
University of Aix-Marseille III Law School
Institute of Enterprise Management, referred to as IAE.
economy
Axe's economic pillars are: electronic industry, Provence open-air market, Provence handicraft industry, education and tourism.
prescribe a diet
Aix's dishes have both Provence and Mediterranean characteristics, mainly fish, vegetables and fruits. Special foods are:
Basil garlic soup (French: soup au pistou)
Beef stew in Provence (French: daube proven &; Ccedil malt liquor)
Little almond cake (French: Calissons d'Aix)