Aix-en-Provence [] (
Provençal Occitan:
Ais de Provença in classical norm, or
Ais de Prouvènço in
Mistralian norm, , ), or simply
Aix (; medieval
Occitan Aics), is a
city-commune in the south of
France, about north of
Marseille. It is in the region of
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the department of
Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a
subprefecture. The population of Aix numbers approximately 143,000. Its inhabitants are called
Aixois or, less commonly,
Aquisextains.