Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis encompasses a city.
The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis -LRB- métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence -RRB- is a French intercommunality formed on , encompassing the urban agglomerations of Marseille , Aix-en-Provence , Aubagne , Martigues and other smaller towns in the suburbs of Marseille , in the Bouches-du-Rhône departement.
Aix-en-Provence -LRB- -LSB- ɛksɑ̃pʁɔvɑ̃s -RSB- ; Provençal Occitan : Ais de Provença in classical norm , or Ais de Prouvènço in Mistralian norm , -LSB- ˈajz de pʀuˈvɛⁿsɔ -RSB- , Aquae Sextiae -RRB- , or simply Aix -LRB- -LSB- ɛks -RSB- ; medieval Occitan Aics -RRB- , is a city-commune in the south of France , about 30 km north of Marseille.
