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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) is one of the 26 regions of France. (See also Provence.) 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 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 Rhône-Alpes, and to the west by Languedoc-Roussillon, with the Rhône river marking its westernmost border. 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 2006 was € 130,178 million ($US 163,600 million) and per capita GDP was € 27,095 ($US 34,051). read full wikipedia reference about Provence-Alpes-Cote d'AzurREGIONS OF FRANCE Alsace Aquitaine Auvergne Brittany Burgundy Centre Champagne-Ardenne Corsica Franche-Comte Ile-de-France Languedoc-Roussillon Limousin Lorraine Lower Normandy Midi-Pyrenees Nord-Pas-de-Calais Overseas Pays de la Loire Picardie Poitou-Charentes Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Rhone-Alpes Upper Normandy
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