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'''Provence''' (French: ''Provence'', Occitan: ''Provença'') is a historical region of Europe, politically in [[France]] and culturally in [[Occitania]], stretching from the lower [[Rhone River|Rhone]] Valley to the southern [[Alps]] along the coast of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. It is an administrative region of France whose official name is '''Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur''' ''(PACA)'', whose capital is [[Marseille]] and which comprises the six departments of [[Vaucluse]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]], [[Hautes-Alpes]], [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]], [[Var (department)|Var]] and [[Alpes-Maritimes]]. It has 4 818 000 inhabitants in an area of 31 400 km². | '''Provence''' (French: ''Provence'', Occitan: ''Provença'') is a historical region of southwestern Europe, politically in [[France]] and culturally in [[Occitania]], stretching from the lower [[Rhone River|Rhone]] Valley to the southern [[Alps]] along the coast of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. It is an administrative region of France whose official name is '''Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur''' ''(PACA)'', whose capital is [[Marseille]] and which comprises the six departments of [[Vaucluse]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]], [[Hautes-Alpes]], [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]], [[Var (department)|Var]] and [[Alpes-Maritimes]]. It has 4 818 000 inhabitants in an area of 31 400 km². | ||
Revision as of 08:10, 29 October 2008
Provence (French: Provence, Occitan: Provença) is a historical region of southwestern Europe, politically in France and culturally in Occitania, stretching from the lower Rhone Valley to the southern Alps along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is an administrative region of France whose official name is Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur (PACA), whose capital is Marseille and which comprises the six departments of Vaucluse, Bouches-du-Rhône, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Var and Alpes-Maritimes. It has 4 818 000 inhabitants in an area of 31 400 km².