Rooms for rent around Mobile, AL

Mobile is a port city in the south of the United States in the State of Alabama with a population of 195,000 people. It is the third most populous city in Alabama. The population of the Mobile Metropolitan area is estimated at half a million people. Mobile is the largest municipality located along the Gulf of Mexico from Tampa to New Orleans. Mobile was founded in 1702 as the first capital of French Louisiana. The founder of the city is Jean-Baptiste Le Mon de Bienville. Many streets in the city center still have French names. By 1813, when the Americans took control of the city, it had already been in the hands of the French, Spanish and British. Until the early 20th century, the local economy was based on cotton. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the economy's dependence on cotton has been rapidly decreasing. A significant role was played by the I and II world wars when shipbuilding and industrial production developed rapidly. Located at the confluence of the Mobile River in the Gulf of Mexico city has a developed port infrastructure. The main sectors of the economy: education, medicine, trade, transport, shipbuilding and ship repair, steel production, aviation/aerospace industry, petrochemicals. Mardi Gras has been celebrated in mobile since 1703. The three-week event, held in the historic part of the city, is considered to be the main event of the year.