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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 ...
A very dense and very uneven settlement. [edit] The department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is one of the least densely populated of France with barely more than 20 inhabitants per km 2. The population is concentrated mainly in the valleys of the Durance, the Bléone (up to Digne) and the nearby flat lands.
Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as le Midi, [ 1][ 2] is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin, [ 3] Spain, the Mediterranean Sea and Italy. It includes southern Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the west, Occitanie in the ...
Vaucluse ( French: [voklyz]; Provençal: Vauclusa ( Classical norm) or Vau-Cluso ( Mistralian norm)) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019. [ 2] The department's prefecture is Avignon . It is named after a spring, the Fontaine de Vaucluse, one of the largest ...
Cannes ( / kæn, kɑːn / KA (H)N, French: [kan] ⓘ, locally [ˈkanə]; Occitan: Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. [3]
Regions of FranceRégions ( French) France is divided into eighteen administrative regions ( French: régions, singular région [ʁeʒjɔ̃] ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe ), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status). [1]
Map of the provinces of France as they appeared in 1789. They were abolished the following year. Under the Ancien Régime, the Kingdom of France was subdivided in multiple different ways (judicial, military, ecclesiastical, etc.) into several administrative units, until the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments (départements) and districts in late 1789.
Vaison-la-Romaine ( French pronunciation: [vɛzɔ̃ la ʁɔmɛn]; Occitan: Vaison) is a town in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France . Vaison-la-Romaine is famous for its rich Roman ruins and mediaeval town and cathedral. It is also unusual in the way the antique, medieval and modern towns ...