Marignane (French pronunciation: [maʁiɲan]; Occitan: Marinhana) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.

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Marignane
Commune
Chapel of Notre Dame de Pitié
Coat of arms
Location of Marignane
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Coordinates: 43°24′58″N 5°12′52″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement	Istres
Canton	Marignane
Intercommunality	Aix-Marseille-Provence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Eric Le Dissès[1]
Area 1	23.16 km2 (8.94 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	33,003
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	13054 /13700
Elevation	0–100 m (0–328 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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It is a component of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, and the largest suburb of the city of Marseille. It is located 18.3 km (11.4 mi) to the northwest of Marseille.

In the 15th century the Count of Provence owned the land,^[7] and from 1603 to the French Revolution it belonged to the Covets.^[7] In the 17th century the Covets refurbished the castle.^[7]

Three chapels and one convent were built in the 17th and 18th century: Notre-Dame de Pitié (1635), Saint-Nicolas (1695), Sainte-Anne (1710, now demolished), and Couvent des Minimes (1695).^[7]

German troops, afraid of French guerrilla fighters, or francs-tireurs ("free shooters"), burned homes and murdered civilians throughout southern France, including Marignane (156 murdered), Marseilles (211 murdered), Rognac, Vitrolles (383 murdered), and Le Rove (674 murdered). German soldiers murdered Marignane civilians indiscriminately and with impunity, with victims including men, women, and children. Nuns were forcibly stripped naked under the pretext that they were spies or men in disguise. Between August 19 and the recapture of the town by September 9, German soldiers repeatedly raped Marignane women. Rape was nearly as ubiquitous as murder, arson and looting, if never as visible.

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From 1995 to 2008, the mayor has been Daniel Simonpieri, former member of the Front National and of the MNR. Since 2008, the mayor is Eric Le Dissès.

Public secondary schools:

• Collège Georges Brassens (junior high school)^[10]
• Lycée Maurice Genevoix (senior high school)^[11]

Private schools:

• Institution Saint Louis Sainte Marie (campuses in Marignane and Gignac-la-Nerthe)^[12]

• Aadil Assana, footballer

Marseille Provence Airport is located in Marignane.

Airbus Helicopters, the manufacturer of the Franco-German NHI NH90 and Tiger military helicopters, has its head office on the grounds of Marseille Provence Airport in Marignane.^[13]

Marignane is twinned with:^[14]

• Figueres, Spain
• Göd, Hungary
• Ravanusa, Italy
• Slănic, Romania
• Wolfsburg, Germany

• Étang de Berre
• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department