The town is located 113 km east of Bloemfontein and 24 km west of Ladybrand. It was named after the port city of Marseille in France (historically spelt Marseilles in English).[1]
marseilles, free, state, marseilles, town, free, state, south, africa, infrequently, served, station, south, african, railways, marseillesmarseillesshow, free, state, south, african, province, marseillesshow, south, africacoordinates, 1811, 2947, 1811, 2947, c. Marseilles is a town in Free State South Africa It is infrequently served by a station of the South African Railways MarseillesMarseillesShow map of Free State South African province MarseillesShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 29 10 52 S 27 17 41 E 29 1811 S 27 2947 E 29 1811 27 2947 Coordinates 29 10 52 S 27 17 41 E 29 1811 S 27 2947 E 29 1811 27 2947CountrySouth AfricaProvinceFree StateDistrictThabo MofutsanyaneMunicipalityMantsopaTime zoneUTC 2 SAST Postal code street 9747PO box9747The town is located 113 km east of Bloemfontein and 24 km west of Ladybrand It was named after the port city of Marseille in France historically spelt Marseilles in English 1 See also EditRailway stations in LesothoReferences Edit Dictionary of Southern African Place Names Public Domain Human Science Research Council p 299 This Free State location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marseilles Free State amp oldid 1133174096, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,