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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur


(Région flag)	(Région logo)

Capital

Marseilles

Area

31,400 km²

Regional President

Michel Vauzelle
(PS) (since 1998)

Population
- 2004 estimate
- 1999 census
- Density

(Ranked 3rd)
4,666,000
4,506,151
149/km² (2004)

Arrondissements

Cantons

237

Communes

963

Départements

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-Maritimes
Bouches-du-Rhône
Hautes-Alpes
Var
Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) is one of the 26 régions of France.

It is made up of:

the former French province of Provence
the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin
the former Sardinian-Piedmontese county of Nice, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera, and in French as the Côte d'Azur
the southeastern part of the former French province of Dauphiné, in the French Alps.

It encompasses six départements in south-eastern France, bounded to the east by the Italian border, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea to the north by Rhône-Alpes, and to the west by Languedoc-Roussillon, with the Rhône river marking its westernmost border.

The région logo displays the coat of arms created in the 1990s and which combines the coats of arms of the old provinces making up Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Noteable cities and places in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur include: Aix-en-Provence, Antibes, Arles, Avignon, Les Baux de Provence, Cannes, Cassis, Digne-les-Bains, Frejus, Grasse, Juan-les-Pins, Marseille, Menton, Nice, Saint-Raphaël, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saint-Tropez, Tende, Toulon, Vence.

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