Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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Région Provençe-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
(Région flag)	(Région logo)
Location
Administration
Capital	Marseille
Regional President	Michel Vauzelle (PS) (since 1998)
Départements	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-Maritimes Bouches-du-Rhône Hautes-Alpes Var Vaucluse
Arrondissements	18
Cantons	237
Communes	963
Statistics
Land area1	31,400 km²
Population	(Ranked 3rd)
- January 1, 2005 est.	4,743,000
- March 8, 1999 est.	4,506,151
- Density (2005)	151/km²
1 French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) is one of the 26 régions of France.

It is made up of:

• the former French province of Provence
• the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin
• the former Sardinian-Piedmontese county of Nice, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera, and in French as the Côte d'Azur
• the southeastern part of the former French province of Dauphiné, in the French Alps.

It encompasses six départements in south-eastern France, bounded to the east by the Italian border, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea to the north by Rhône-Alpes, and to the west by Languedoc-Roussillon, with the Rhône river marking its westernmost border.

The région logo displays the coat of arms created in the 1990s and which combines the coats of arms of the old provinces making up Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Notable cities and places in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur include: Aix-en-Provence, Antibes, Apt, Arles, Avignon, Les Baux de Provence, Cannes, Cassis, Cavaillon, Digne-les-Bains, Frejus, Grasse, Juan-les-Pins, Marseille, Menton, Nice, Orange, Saint-Raphaël, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saint-Tropez, Tende, Toulon, Vence.

Coordinates: 44°00′N 6°00′E