Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Region of France

Flag

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 44°00′N 6°00′E / 44.000°N 6.000°ECoordinates: 44°00′N 6°00′E / 44.000°N 6.000°E

Country

France

Prefecture

Marseille

Departments

Government

• President

Christian Estrosi (LR)

Area

• Total

31,400 km² (12,100 sq mi)

Population (2012-01-01)

• Total

4,935,576

• Density

160/km² (410/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

ISO 3166 code

FR-U

GDP (2012)

Ranked 3rd

Total

€142.4 billion (US$183.1 bn)

Per capita

€28,861 (US$37,121)

NUTS Region

FR8

Website

regionpaca.fr

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (French pronunciation: [pʁɔ.vɑ̃.s‿alp.kot.da.zyʁ]; Occitan: Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur; Italian: Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra) or PACA is one of the 18 administrative regions of France. Its capital is Marseille.

The region is roughly coterminous with the former French province of Provence, with the addition of the following adjacent areas:

It encompasses six departments in south-eastern France, bounded to the east by the Italian border, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and by the principality of Monaco, to the north by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and to the west by Occitanie, with the Rhône river marking its westernmost border. The six departments are:

The region 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.

Economically the region is the third most important in France, just behind Île-de-France and Rhône-Alpes. Its GDP in 2012 was €142.4 billion ($US 183.1 billion) and per capita GDP was €28,861 ($US 37,121).

The Marseille area is the most populous of this region with a city population of 850,636 and an urban population of 1,560,921 and a metropolitan population of 1,720,941. Marseille is the second largest city in France after Paris and has the third largest metropolitan population, behind those of Paris and Lyon respectively.

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