Marseille is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census). Marseille is located in Europe, LightNode Marseille node is a BGP line, and similar nodes are Frankfurt, London, Athens, Sofia, and Istanbul.