Saint-Charles

Saint-Charles is a quarter in , , and has about 8,490 residents. Saint-Charles is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near .
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  • Type: Quarter with 8,490 residents
  • Description: administrative quarter of the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, France
  • Also known as: “Saint-Charles, Marseille”
  • Postal code: 13001

Places of Interest

Highlights include Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille and Musée Grobet-Labadié.

Museum
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The is one of the main museums in the city of , in the region. It occupies a wing of the , and displays a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 16th to 19th centuries.

Museum
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The is a museum in , housed in a 19th-century hôtel particulier owned by the family whose collection it displays. In 1919, Marie Grobet, daughter of the Marseille businessman and politician Alexandre Labadié, gave the family art collection and hôtel particulier to the city.

Railway station
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Marseille-Saint-Charles is the main railway station and intercity bus station of , France. It is the southern terminus of the Paris–Marseille railway and the western terminus of the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Le Chapitre and Les Cinq-Avenues.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Suburb
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The is one of the 16 arrondissements of Marseille. It covers part of the city centre of Marseille. It is governed locally together with the , with which it forms the 1st sector of Marseille.

Saint-Charles

Latitude
43.3046° or 43° 18′ 17″ north
Longitude
5.38928° or 5° 23′ 21″ east
Population
8,490
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
8FM7893Q+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4397678538
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
11919715
Wiki­data ID
Q3461954
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In Other Languages

From French to Swedish—“Saint-Charles” goes by many names.

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