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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 ...
Menton, nicknamed the Pearl of France, is located on the Mediterranean Sea at the Franco-Italian border, just across from the Ligurian town of Ventimiglia. [13] Menton station has rail connections to Paris, Marseille, Cannes, Antibes, Nice and Ventimiglia. The smaller Menton-Garavan station is situated between Menton and Ventimiglia.
The Emperor Domitian banned the planting of vineyards in Provence, but the region around Marseille still produced famous wines and all the cities of Provence imported wines from Italy. [34] Arles and the other towns of Provence were the showcases of Roman wealth, culture and power. The Roman amphitheater at Arles could seat twenty thousand ...
The region is roughly coterminous with the former French province of Provence, with the addition of the following adjacent areas: the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin; the former Sardinian-Piedmontese County of Nice annexed in 1860, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera and in French as the Côte d'Azur; and the southeastern part of the former ...
A bypass route makes it possible to avoid the city center from the south when arriving from Trans-en-Provence and to get to the hospital in the north of the city more quickly. The city is located 869 km away from Paris , 141 km from Marseille , 89 km from Nice , 86 km from Toulon , 30 km from Fréjus , 105 km from Digne-les-Bains and about 35 ...
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's main cities are Digne-les-Bains , Manosque, Sisteron, Barcelonnette, Castellane and Forcalquier. Inhabitants are called the Bas-Alpins (masculine) or Bas-Alpines (feminine) in reference to the department's former name, Basses-Alpes, which was in use until 1970. Although the prefecture is Digne-les-Bains, the largest ...
Vitrolles (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Vitròla) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France, located about 20.6 km (12.8 mi) from Marseille. It is the largest suburb of the city of Aix-en-Provence and is adjacent to its southwest side.
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.