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Provence
Provence
(;
Provençal
:
Provença
in classical norm or
Prouvènço
in
Mistralian norm
, ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern
France
, which extends from the left bank of the lower
Rhône
River on the west to the Italian border on the east, and is bordered by the
Mediterranean Sea
on the south. It largely corresponds with the modern administrative
région
of
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
, and includes the
départements
of
Var
,
Bouches-du-Rhône
,
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
and parts of
Alpes-Maritimes
and
Vaucluse
. The largest city of the region is
Marseille
.
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