Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Marseille |
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| Govrenment | |
| • Preses | Michel Vauzelle (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31400 km2 (12,100 sq mi) |
| Population (2010-01-01) | |
| • Total | 4,951,388 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| NUTS Region | FR8 |
| Website | regionpaca.fr |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (French pronunciation: [pʁɔ.vɑ̃s alp kot da.zyʁ]; Occitan: Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur / Prouvènço-Aup-Costo d'Azur) or PACA is ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce.
It is made up o:
- the umwhile French province o Provence
- the umwhile papal territory o Avignon, kent as Comtat Venaissin
- the umwhile Sardinian-Piedmontese coonty o Nice, that's coastline is kent in Inglis as the French Riviera, an in French as the Côte d'Azur
- the sootheastren pairt o the umwhile French province o Dauphiné, in the French Alps.
It haes sax depairtments in sooth-eastren Fraunce, bundit tae the east bi the Italian border, tae the sooth bi the Mediterranean Sea an bi the principality o Monaco, tae the north bi Rhône-Alpes, an tae the wast bi Languedoc-Roussillon, wi the Rhône river markin its wastmaist border. The sax depairtments is:
The region logo displays the coat o airms creatit in the 1990s that combines the coats o airms o the auld provinces makkin up Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Economically the airt is the third maist importantest in Fraunce juist ahint Île-de-France an Rhône-Alpes. Its GDP in 2006 wis € 130,178 million ($US 163,600 million) an per caipita GDP wis € 27,095 ($US 34,051).
Major communities
[eedit | eedit soorce]The lairgest ceeties in the airt is Marseille, Nice, Toulon, an Aix-en-Provence, ilka ane wi mair nor 100,000 fowk bidin in thaim in the 1999 census. The richest pairt o the Region is Nice's metropolitan aurie.
- Aix-en-Provence
- Antibes (includes Juan-les-Pins)
- Arles
- Aubagne
- Avignon
- Cannes
- Draguignan
- Fréjus
- Grasse
- Hyères
- La Seyne-sur-Mer
- Le Cannet
- Mandelieu-la-Napoule
- Marseille
- Mougins
- Martigues
- Nice
- Toulon
- Villeneuve-Loubet
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur at Curlie
- Conseil régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurArchived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Offeecial wabsteid
- NotreProvence.fr Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine Discover the Provence on NotreProvence.fr (fr)
- FranceSouth.com Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Guide