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Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is the most popular holiday region in the south of . It covers a large area from the Mediterranean Sea in the south up to the in the north and extends west to east along the coast from the river Rhône all the way to the border.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Marseille and Nice.

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With 1.6 million people in its urban area, is the second most populated city of the biggest Mediterranean port and the economic center of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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is a large city in on the . It's a popular destination for vacationers young and old, with something to offer nearly everyone.

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Once a small fishing village on the , is now a glamorous and expensive seaside town of 73,000 people considered to be one of the social hubs of Europe.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Alpes-Maritimes and Bouches-du-Rhône.

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is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of . It has 300 sunny days per year, making it an excellent tourist destination.

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is a department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, . The department is rich in landscape diversity with a humid environment with the Rhône delta and the Camargue, an arid zone with the Crau, massifs with the Alpilles, or the coast with the calanques.

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is a département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the Mediterranean coast of . is known for the harbour of Toulon, the main port of the French Navy, for its seaside resorts, the most famous of which is Saint-Tropez, for some fine…

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is a department of the Provence region of . The retains in part its historical identity as the Comtat Venaissin, an independent papal entity until the 1791 post-Revolutionary annexation by France.

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is a department in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and is on the border with . The area's scenery provides the background to many activities and sights.

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The département is marked by mountains and wild ranges. The tourist industry is largely dependent on skiing in winter. In summer the Alpine scenery and many outdoor activities attract visitors from across Europe.

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Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the has the glitz and glamour rivalled by few places on earth. Although the Riviera is famous for the glamour of St.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Latitude of center
44.0581° or 44° 3′ 29″ north
Longitude of center
6.0639° or 6° 3′ 50″ east
Population
4,920,000
Elevation
496 metres (1,627 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1251610257
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2985244
Wiki­data ID
Q15104
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “PACA”
  • Afrikaans: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Albanian: “Provenca-Alpet-Bregu i Kaltër”
  • Albanian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Arabic: “إقليم ألب كوت دازور”
  • Arabic: “بروفانس ألب كوت دازور”
  • Aragonese: “Provenza-Alpes-Costa Azul”
  • Armenian: “Պրովանս-Ալպեր-Լազուր ափ”
  • Arpitan: “Provence-Arpes-Couta d’Azur”
  • Arpitan: “Provence-Ârpes-Couta d’Azuro”
  • Asturian: “PACA”
  • Asturian: “Provenza-Alpes-Costa Azul”
  • Aymara: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Provans-Alp-Kot d’Azur”
  • Azerbaijani: “Provans-Alp-Kot-d’Azür”
  • Balinese: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Basque: “PACA”
  • Basque: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Basque: “Proventza-Alpeak-Kosta Urdina”
  • Belarusian: “Праванс — Альпы — Лазурны бераг”
  • Belarusian: “Праванс — Альпы — Лазурны Бераг”
  • Belarusian: “Праванс-Альпы-Лазурны бераг”
  • Belarusian: “рэгіён Праванс — Альпы — Лазурны Бераг”
  • Bengali: “প্রোভঁস-আল্প-কোত দাজ্যুর”
  • Breton: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Bulgarian: “Прованс-Алпи-Лазурен бряг”
  • Burmese: “ပရောဗံ့စ်-အာလ်ပ်-ကို့တ် ဒါဂျူရ်တိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “PACA”
  • Catalan: “Provença - Alps - Costa Blava”
  • Catalan: “Provença – Alps – Costa Blava”
  • Catalan: “Provença-Alps-Costa Blava”
  • Catalan: “Provença-Alps-Costa d’Atzur”
  • Cebuano: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Chechen: “ПгӀованс — Альпаш — Сирла-сийна Йист”
  • Chinese: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Chinese: “普罗旺斯-阿尔卑斯-蓝色海岸大区”
  • Chinese: “普罗旺斯-阿尔卑斯-蔚蓝海岸大区”
  • Chinese: “普羅旺斯－阿爾卑斯－蔚藍海岸”
  • Chinese: “普羅旺斯-阿爾卑斯-蔚藍海岸大區”
  • Chinese: “普阿蓝大区”
  • Corsican: “PACA”
  • Corsican: “Pruvenza-Alpi-Costa Azurra”
  • Corsican: “Pruvenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra”
  • Corsican: “Pruvenza”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Provans — Alplar — Mavı Yalı”
  • Croatian: “Provansa-Alpe-Azurna obala”
  • Czech: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Czech: “Provensálsko-Alpy-Azurové pobřeží”
  • Danish: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Dutch: “Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur”
  • Dutch: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بروفنس الب كوت دازور”
  • Esperanto: “Provenco-Alpoj-Bordo Lazura”
  • Estonian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Finnish: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Finnish: “Provence-Alpit-Riviera”
  • French: “PACA”
  • French: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • French: “région PACA”
  • French: “Région PACA”
  • French: “Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • French: “Région Sud”
  • Galician: “Provenza-Alpes-Costa Azul”
  • Georgian: “პროვანსი-ალპები-ლაჟვარდოვანი ნაპირი”
  • German: “PACA”
  • German: “Provença-Alps-Còsta d’Azur”
  • German: “Provença-Aups-Còsta d’Azur”
  • German: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Greek: “Προβηγκία-Άλπεις-Κυανή Ακτή”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Hebrew: “פרובאנס-אלפ-קוט ד’אזור”
  • Hindi: “प्रोवेंस-एल्पस-कोट डी‘आज़ुर”
  • Hungarian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Hungarian: “Provence–Alpes–Côte d’Azur”
  • Icelandic: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Ido: “Provenco Alpi Azur-Rivo”
  • Ido: “Provenco-Alpi-Azur-Rivo”
  • Indonesian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Interlingua: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Interlingue: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Irish: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Italian: “PACA”
  • Italian: “Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra”
  • Japanese: “プロヴァンス＝アルプ＝コート・ダジュール”
  • Japanese: “プロヴァンス＝アルプ＝コート・ダジュール地域圏”
  • Japanese: “プロヴァンス＝アルプ＝コート・ダジュール地方”
  • Javanese: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Kazakh: “Прованс — Альпі — Лазур жағалауы”
  • Korean: “프로방스알프코트다쥐르”
  • Kurdish: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Ladin: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Ladino: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Latin: “Provincia Alpes Litus Lazuli”
  • Latvian: “Provansa-Alpi-Azūra krasts”
  • Latvian: “Provansa-Alpi-Azūra Krasts”
  • Limburgan: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Lithuanian: “Provansas-Alpės-Žydrasis Krantas”
  • Lombard: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Lombard: “Pruvenza-Alp-Costa Azüra”
  • Luxembourgish: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Macedonian: “Прованса-Алпи-Азурен Брег”
  • Malagasy: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Malay: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Maltese: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Marathi: “प्रोव्हाँस-आल्प-कोत देझ्युर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Mingrelian: “პროვანსი-ალპეფი-ლაჟვარდამი ძგაპიჯი”
  • Mongolian: “Прованс-Альп-Номин эрэг”
  • Northern Frisian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Northern Sami: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Norwegian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Provença-Alps-Còsta d’Azur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Provença-Aups-Còsta d’Azur”
  • Ossetian: “Прованс — Альпæтæ — Æрвхуыз донбыл”
  • Ossetian: “Прованс-Альпæтæ-Æрвхуыз донбыл”
  • Pampanga: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Panjabi: “ਪ੍ਰੋਵਾਂਸ-ਆਲਪ-ਅਸਮਾਨੀ ਤਟ”
  • Persian: “پروانس آلپ‌-کوت دازور”
  • Persian: “پروانس آلپ-کوت دازور”
  • Persian: “پروانس-آلپ-کوت دازور”
  • Piemontese: “Provensa-Alp-Còsta Asura”
  • Polish: “Prowansja-Alpy-Lazurowe Wybrzeże”
  • Portuguese: “PACA”
  • Portuguese: “Provença-Alpes-Costa Azul”
  • Portuguese: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Quechua: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Romanian: “Provența - Alpi - Coasta de Azur”
  • Romanian: “Provența-Alpi-Coasta de Azur”
  • Russian: “Прованс — Альпы — Лазурный Берег”
  • Russian: “Прованс-Альпы-Лазурный берег”
  • Sardinian: “Proventza-Alpes-Costa Asula”
  • Scots: “PACA”
  • Scots: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Scots: “Provence-Alps-Côte d’Azur”
  • Scots: “Provence-Alps-French Riviera”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Serbian: “Прованса-Алпи-Азурна обала”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Provansa-Alpe-Azurna obala”
  • Sicilian: “PACA”
  • Sicilian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Sicilian: “Pruvenza-Alpi-Costa Azzola”
  • Slovak: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Slovenian: “PACA”
  • Slovenian: “Provansa - Alpe - Azurna obala”
  • Slovenian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پروانس-آلپ-کوت دازور”
  • Spanish: “Provenza-Alpes-Costa Azul”
  • Swahili: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Swedish: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Swiss German: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Tatar: “Проваңс-Әлп-Кот д’Азур”
  • Thai: “แคว้นพรอว็องซาลป์-โกตดาซูร์”
  • Tibetan: “ཕོ་རོའོ་ཝང་སི་ཝལ་ཕེས་ཁོ་ཏེ་ད་ཟུར།”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Turkish: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Ukrainian: “Прованс — Альпи — Лазурний Берег”
  • Ukrainian: “Прованс-Альпи-Лазурний берег”
  • Urdu: “پروانس-آلپ-کوت دازور”
  • Venetian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Venetian: “Provensa-Alpe-Costa Axura”
  • Vietnamese: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Vlaams: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Welsh: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Western Frisian: “Provâns-Alpen-Côte d’Azur”
  • Western Frisian: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Western Panjabi: “پروانس الپ‌-کوت دازور”
  • Wu Chinese: “普罗旺斯-阿尔卑斯-蓝色海岸大区”
  • Yue Chinese: “普羅旺斯-阿爾卑斯-蔚藍海岸”
  • Zeeuws: “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • “Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”

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