Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte 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 


 Conseil régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Offeecial wabsteid
 NotreProvence.fr  Discover the Provence on NotreProvence.fr (fr)
 FranceSouth.com  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Guide


Category:Regions o Fraunce
Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions o the European Union