Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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| Capital | Marseilles | ||||
| Ranked_list_of_French_regions#By_area>Land area¹ | 31,400 km² | ||||
| President of the regional council>Regional President | Michel Vauzelle (PS) (since 1998) | ||||
| Population - Jan.1, 2005 estimate - March 8, 1999 census - Density | (Ranked 3rd) 4,743,000 4,506,151 151/km² (2005) | ||||
| Arrondissement in France>Arrondissements | 18 | ||||
| Canton in France>Cantons | 237 | ||||
| Commune in France>Communes | 963 | ||||
| Département in France>Départements | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-Maritimes Bouches-du-Rhône Hautes-Alpes Var Vaucluse | ||||
| 1 French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers | |||||
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) is one of the 27 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.
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.
Notable cities and places in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur include: Aix-en-Provence, Antibes, Apt, Arles, Avignon, Les Baux de Provence, Cannes, Cassis, Cavaillon, Digne-les-Bains, Frejus, Grasse, Juan-les-Pins, Marseille, Menton, Nice, Orange, Saint-Raphaël, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saint-Tropez, Tende, Toulon, Vence.
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