Marseille, (English alt. Marseilles /marˈselz/ — French: pronounced /maʁsɛj/, locally [mɑχˈsɛjɐ] — Provençal Occitan: Marselha [maʀˈsejɔ] in classical norm or Marsilho [maʀˈsijɔ] in Mistralian norm — Greek: Massalia / Μασσαλία) is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest metropolitan area, with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census and 1,605,000 inhabitants in 2007 after Paris and Lyon. Located on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France's largest commercial port. Marseille is the administrative capital (préfecture de région) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, as well as the administrative capital (préfecture départemental) of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. Its inhabitants are called Marseillais.