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A map of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur administrative region The historical province of Provence (orange) within the contemporary region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France. Provence [a] is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which stretches from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west ...
Le Lavandou (pronounced [lə lavɑ̃du]; Occitan: Lo Lavandor) is a seaside commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.Le Lavandou derives its name either from the flower lavender (lavanda in Provençal) that is prevalent in the area, [3] or more prosaically from the local form of the Occitan name for lavoir, lavandor (for lavador, a public ...
Abbey with lavender fields Sénanque Abbey ( Occitan : abadiá de Senhanca , French : Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque ) is a Cistercian abbey near the village of Gordes in the département of the Vaucluse in Provence , France .
The Alpes de Hautes-Provence department is a region where 49.1% of the area is forested or 343,691 hectares, with an average rate of 39.4% for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. [15] The National Office of Forests (ONF) manages 86,000 hectares. The main species exploited are Scots pine, black pine, larch, pubescent oak (or white oak), and ...
Sault (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Saut), also known as Sault-en-Provence, is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur French region. It is located just north of the Luberon massif, not far from the departmental border with Drôme to the north and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence to the east. In 2021 ...
France: Alpes-Maritimes (department) Microstate and city-state. The state is surrounded on three sides by various communes of the French department of Alpes-Maritimes (in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur). N'Djamena Chad Cameroon: Kousséri: The border runs through the Chari River. The cities are connected by a bridge. Rome Italy Vatican City ...
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...