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Provence ( / prəˈvɒ̃s /, US also / proʊˈ -/, UK also / prɒˈ -/, French: [pʁɔvɑ̃s] ⓘ) [1] is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
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The historic French province of Provence, located in the...
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Aix-en-Provence (UK: / ˌ ɛ k s ɒ̃ p r ɒ ˈ v ɒ̃ s /, US: / ˌ eɪ k s ɒ̃ p r oʊ ˈ v ɒ̃ s, ˌ ɛ k s-/), or simply Aix (Occitan: Ais de Provença), is a city and commune in southern France, about 30 km (20 mi) north of Marseille.
Champagne wine region. Coordinates: 49°N. Viticultural zones in the Champagne region. The wine region within the historical province of Champagne in the northeast of France is best known for the production of champagne, the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name. EU law and the laws of most countries reserve the term "champagne ...
France, [a] officially the French Republic, [b] is a country located primarily in Western Europe. It also includes overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, [XII] giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.
The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and west and mountainous in the south (including the Massif Central and the Pyrenees) and the east (the highest points being in the Alps). Metropolitan France has a total size of 551,695 km 2 (213,011 sq mi) (Europe only).
The hectare ( / ˈhɛktɛər, - tɑːr / [2] ), although not a unit of SI, is the only named unit of area that is accepted for use with SI units. [3] The name was coined in French, from the Latin ārea. [4] In practice the hectare is fully derived from the SI, being equivalent to a square hectometre.
Between 1982 and 2015, there were 22 regions in Metropolitan France. Before 2011, there were four overseas regions ( French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion ); in 2011 Mayotte became the fifth. Former historical province of Provence and County of Nice annexed by France in 1860.
