Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA (Occitan: Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur, Italian: Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra) is one of the 18 administrative regions of France. Its capital is Marseille.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur  (Occitan)
Region of France
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Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 44°00′N 6°00′E
Country	France
Prefecture	Marseille
Departments	6 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-Maritimes Bouches-du-Rhône Hautes-Alpes Var Vaucluse
Government
• President of the Regional Council	Renaud Muselier (DVD)
Area
• Total	31,400 km2 (12,100 sq mi)
• Rank	10th
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]
• Total	5,081,101
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Demonym	Provençals
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-PAC
GDP (2012)[2]	Ranked 3rd
Total	€142.4 billion (US$183.1 bn)
Per capita	€28,861 (US$37,121)
NUTS Region	FR8
Website	maregionsud.fr

Geography

Map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region is the tenth largest region of France with an area of 31,399.8 km² (12,124 sq mi). It is in southeastern France and borders to the east with Monaco and Italy (with the Italian regions of Liguria and Piedmont). To the north is the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and to the west is the Occitanie region.

To the south, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has about 900 km (560 mi) of coast along the Mediterranean Sea.^[3]

The distances from Marseille, the capital of the region, to other cities are:

• Paris, the national capital, 775 km (482 mi);
• Toulouse, 407 km (253 mi);
• Bordeaux, 645 km (401 mi);
• Lyon, 315 km (196 mi);
• Montpellier, 169 km (105 mi);
• Nice, 203 km (126 mi).

Rivers

The only main drainage basin in the region is the Mediterranean basin; some of the rivers in region are:

• Rhône - 812 km (505 mi)
• Durance - 320.9 km (199.4 mi)
• Verdon - 165.7 km (103.0 mi)
• Var - 113.8 km (70.7 mi)
• Tinée - 69.9 km (43.4 mi)
• Estéron - 66.6 km (41.4 mi)
• Loup - 49.3 km (30.6 mi)
• Vésubie - 45.1 km (28.0 mi)
• Siagne - 44.3 km (27.5 mi)

Mountains

The Barre des Écrins, at 4,102 m (13,458 ft), is the highest mountain of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.^[4] It is in the Écrins National Park (French: Parc national des Écrins), one of the ten French national parks.

The highest point of the different departments in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region are:^[5]

Department	Mountain	Elevation
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	Aiguille de Chambeyron	3,412 m (11,194 ft)
Hautes-Alpes	Barre des Écrins	4,102 m (13,458 ft)
Alpes-Maritimes	Cime du Gélas	3,143 m (10,312 ft)
Bouches-du-Rhône	Bertagne	1,041 m (3,415 ft)
Var	Mont de Lachens	1,714 m (5,623 ft)
Vaucluse	Mont Ventoux	1,911 m (6,270 ft)

Departments

The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region is formed by 6 departments:

ISO 3166-2	Shield	Department	Prefecture	Arr.	Cant.	Comm.	Population (2014)[6]	Area (km²)	Density (Inh./km²)
FR-04		Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	Digne-les-Bains	4	15	198	161,588	6,925.2	23.3
FR-05		Hautes-Alpes	Gap	2	15	167	139,883	5,548.7	25.2
FR-06		Alpes-Maritimes	Nice	2	27	163	1,083,312	4,298.6	252.0
FR-13		Bouches-du-Rhône	Marseille	4	29	135	2,006,069	5,087.5	394.3
FR-83		Var	Toulon	3	23	153	1,038,212	5,972.5	173.8
FR-84		Vaucluse	Avignon	3	17	151	554,374	3,567.3	155.4
Total of the Region				18	126	967	4,983,438	31,399.8	158.7

Arr. = Arrondissements          Cant. = Cantons          Comm. = Communes

Demographics

The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region had, in 2014, a population of 4,983,438,^[7] with a population density of 158.7 inhabitants/km².

Préfecture of Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille

The main cities with more than 30,000 inhabitants (2014) in the region are:

INSEE code	City	Department	Population (2014)
13055	Marseille	Bouches-du-Rhône	858,120
06088	Nice	Alpes-Maritimes	343,895
83137	Toulon	Var	165,584
13001	Aix-en-Provence	Bouches-du-Rhône	142,149
84007	Avignon	Vaucluse	92,209
06004	Antibes	Alpes-Maritimes	75,731
06029	Cannes	Alpes-Maritimes	73,744
83126	La Seyne-sur-Mer	Var	64,675
83069	Hyères	Var	56,502
83061	Fréjus	Var	53,511
13004	Arles	Bouches-du-Rhône	52,697
06069	Grasse	Alpes-Maritimes	50,409
13056	Martigues	Bouches-du-Rhône	48,870
06027	Cagnes-sur-Mer	Alpes-Maritimes	47,811
13005	Aubagne	Bouches-du-Rhône	45,128
13103	Salon-de-Provence	Bouches-du-Rhône	44,187
13047	Istres	Bouches-du-Rhône	43,463
06030	Le Cannet	Alpes-Maritimes	42,454
05061	Gap	Hautes-Alpes	40,225
83050	Draguignan	Var	40,054
13028	La Ciotat	Bouches-du-Rhône	35,631
83118	Saint-Raphaël	Var	34,567
13117	Vitrolles	Bouches-du-Rhône	34,236
13054	Marignane	Bouches-du-Rhône	34,154
83129	Six-Fours-les-Plages	Var	33,652

Gallery

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  Marseille
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  Nice
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  Toulon
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  Aix-en-Provence
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  Avignon

Related pages

• Provence
• Regions of France