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Demonym (s) Provençal, Provençale. 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 extends from the left ...
Aix-en-Provence (UK: / ˌ ɛ k s ɒ̃ p r ɒ ˈ v ɒ̃ s /, [3] US: / ˌ eɪ k s ɒ̃ p r oʊ ˈ v ɒ̃ s, ˌ ɛ k s-/, [4] [5] French: [ɛks ɑ̃ pʁɔvɑ̃s] ⓘ; Provençal: Ais de Provença in classical norm, or Ais de Prouvènço in Mistralian norm, pronounced [ˈajz de pʀuˈvɛnsɔ]), or simply Aix, is a city and commune in southern France, about 30 km (20 mi) north of Marseille.
Marseille is the third largest city in France by urban area (when combined with Aix-en-Provence), and the second most populous city in France, with 873,076 inhabitants in 2021 (Jan. census) [ 7 ] over a municipal territory of 241 km 2 (93 sq mi). Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over 3,972 km ...
Rue de Rome. Construction. Completion. 1771. The Rue de Provence is a street in the 8th and 9th arrondissements of Paris. It begins at the Rue du Faubourg Montmartre and ends at the Rue de Rome. Only the short part of the street between the Rue du Havre and the Rue de Rome is in the 8th arrondissement.
Avignon (/ ˈ æ v ɪ n j ɒ̃ /, US also / ˌ æ v ɪ n ˈ j oʊ n /, [5] [6] [7] French: ⓘ; Provençal: Avinhon (Classical norm) or Avignoun (Mistralian norm), IPA:; Latin: Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.
Route 7 near Orly Airport in Paris. The Route nationale 7, or RN 7, is a trunk road (nationale) [1] in France between Paris and the border with Italy. It was also known as Route des vacances (The Holiday Route), Route bleue (The Blue Route), and — sarcastically, during the annual rush to the Mediterranean beaches — the Route de la mort ...
Departments of France. In the administrative divisions of France, the department (French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ⓘ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities "), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, with ...
By this date 10 of the 22 arches had collapsed. The Pont Saint-Bénézet (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ sɛ̃ benezɛ]; Provençal: Pònt de Sant Beneset), also known as the Pont d'Avignon (IPA: [pɔ̃ daviɲɔ̃]), was a medieval bridge across the Rhône in the town of Avignon, in southern France. Only four arches survive.