Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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