Geography and climate
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur also called “ Southern region » is made up of six departments from the former provinces of Provence a you Dauphiné. These are the Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse, Var, Alpes-Maritimes, Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. It is bathed to the south by the Mediterranean and includes within it part of the massif of Alpes. It is close to theItaly with the regions of Piedmont and Liguria, and it touches theOccitania to the west. Marseille is the main city. Nice, Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Toulon, Aix-en-Provence, Digne, Gap, Avignon are the main localities, several of which are known abroad, under the English name of “ Riviera “. The climate is Mediterranean and mountainous, as close as possible to the Alps.
History and administration
Its history begins with the discovery and control of fire (400,000 years BC), traces of which can be found in Beloved Landhas Nice. The Ligurian people were the first to settle here. THE Phocaeans followed by settling in Marseille and melting Antipolis et Nicaeawhich will become Antibes and Nice. The coastline of the Côte d’Azur has been home to modern seaside resorts for over a century, frequented by the British upper class. With the arrival of the railway in the mid-19th century, it became the recreational area of aristocrats from Russia. In the first half of the 20th century, the Côte d’Azur was frequented by artists and writers, such as Picasso or Matissethen at the end of the century by several celebrities including Brigitte Bardot.
