Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aix Marseille Provence

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Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aix Marseille Provence
Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Aix Marseille-Provence
AbbreviationCCIAMP
Formation
  • Created: August 5th, 1599
  • Reorganized: April 15, 1600
  • Abolished: 1648
  • Re-established: 1660
  • Abolished: 1791
  • Re-established: 1802
  • Absorbed by the state: April 9, 1898
  • Expanded: 1960–1990
  • Expanded: 2020
Founded at Marseille
HeadquartersPalais de la Bourse, 9 La Canebière, 13001 Marseille, France
Location
Coordinates 43°17′46″N5°22′32″E / 43.296165955351796°N 5.375508461179118°E / 43.296165955351796; 5.375508461179118
President
Jean-Luc Chauvin
Website https://www.cciamp.com
Formerly called
Marseille Chamber of Commerce
Logo of the CCIMP, prior to its expansion in 2020 CCIMP.jpg
Logo of the CCIMP, prior to its expansion in 2020

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aix Marseille Provence (CCIAMP), originally known as the Marseille Chamber of Commerce, later as the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille Provence (CCIMP), is the oldest Chamber of Commerce in the world, established in 1599. [1] [2] The Marseille Chamber also invented the phrase "Chamber of Commerce." [3] [4] According to the Chamber, it was originally created to protect French merchant vessels from Piracy in the Mediterranean. [5] [6] However, the City Council briefly abolished the Chamber in the mid-1600's, during The Fronde, in a failed uprising of the nobility against the King. [7] In 1660, after Louis XIV laid siege to the city and invaded it, occupying the city for 5 days, he re-certified the Chamber. [7] [8] During the French Revolution, the Chamber – along with every other Chamber in France – was again abolished, but was reestablished in 1802. [9] Today, it is a participant of the Council of Europe initiative Routes of the Olive Tree. [10]

Originally, the institution was housed in the Palais Communal. Later it moved to the Hôtel de Ville. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was headquartered in a temporary building at the Place Général de Gaulle. In 1852, the architect Pascal Coste was selected to build the Palais de Bourse et Commerce, inaugurated on September 10, 1860 by Napoleon III and Eugénie de Montijo. [6] The building, also known as the Marseille Stock Exchange Building, has been the headquarters of the CCIAMP ever since. [11] [12]

Presidents of the Chamber

Before 1832, Chamber presidents were rotated on a weekly basis, and therefore, while their names are recorded in the Chamber's archives (one of the largest business history archives in the world), they are not presently kept on public display. [6] Presidents following 1832 are displayed with portraits lining the central staircase of the Marseille Stock Exchange Building. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Marseille | History, Population, Climate, Map, Pronunciation & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2025-08-09. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  2. ↑ Bourrilly, Victor-Louis (1921). "J. Fournier. La Chambre de Commerce de Marseille et ses représentants permanents à Paris, 1599-1875, Étude historique et documents inédits. Marseille, Barlalier, 1920". Annales du Midi. 33 (129): 67–69.
  3. ↑ "About ICC World Chambers Federation". ICC - International Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  4. ↑ "Chamber of Commerce History | Chamber Nation | US". www.chambernation.com. Archived from the original on 2025-05-12. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  5. ↑ "La CCIAMP : patrimoine culturel et économique | CCI métropolitaine Aix-Marseille-Provence". www.cciamp.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "La Chambre de commerce de Marseille fête ses 420 ans". www.laprovence.com (in French). 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  7. 1 2 "Marseille, the Mediterranean & the Sun King by Arazoo Ferozan". The French History Podcast. Archived from the original on 2023-08-05. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  8. ↑ Horn, Jeff, ed. (2015), "Privilege, liberty, and managing the market: Trading with the Levant", Economic Development in Early Modern France: The Privilege of Liberty, 1650–1820, Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 132–167, ISBN   978-1-107-04628-3 , retrieved 2025-08-10
  9. ↑ Iodice, Antonio (2025-08-18). "The 'Palladium of prosperity': Lobbying between Marseilles and Paris from the revolution to the restoration (1789-1817)". Business History. 67 (6): 1468–1489. doi:10.1080/00076791.2024.2343864. ISSN   0007-6791.
  10. ↑ "Chamber of Commerce and Industry Aix Marseille Provence, CCIMP". Council of Europe. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  11. ↑ "The Stock Exchange building - Marseille 1er". Marseille Tourism. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  12. ↑ "Historic site and monument - The Stock Exchange building at Marseille". en.martigues-tourisme.com. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
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