The Frioul Archipelago is a group of four islands in the Mediterranean about 4 kilometers off Marseille, France, forming part of the city's 7th arrondissement and covering roughly 200 hectares in total. Pomegues and Ratonneau, the two largest islands at around 2.5 to 2.7 kilometers long, are linked by the Digue de Berry, a mole built in 1822, while the smaller islands of If and Tiboulen du Frioul complete the group. If island is the site of the Chateau d'If, the fortress made famous by Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo, and the ancient Greek navigator Pytheas of Massalia is said to have observed polar ice from Pomegues. The archipelago is car-free and had a resident population of 146 in 2015.
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The Frioul archipelago (Occitan: Arxipèla de Friòl) is a group of four islands located off the Mediterranean coast of France, approximately 4 kilometres (2 miles) from Marseille.
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