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Introduction

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, administrative region, south-eastern France. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, with Italy to the east, and the French regions of Rhône-Alpes and Languedoc-Roussillon to the north and west respectively. The region is divided into six departments: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, and Vaucluse. The small coastal principality of Monaco lies in the east enclosed by the department of Alpes-Maritimes. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur has a total land area of 31,400 sq km (12,124 sq mi).