The region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is composed of 5 departments : Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), Hautes-Alpes (05), Bouches-du-Rhône (13), var (83) and Vaucluse (84).
Regional capital: Marseille.
Regional committee of tourism, 12, place de la Joliette 13002 Marseille 0491564700.

Access
By roas: Autoroutes A6-A7-A8 Paris-Lyon-Marseille-Nice-Italie, A50-A57 Marseille-Toulon-Draguigna, A51 Marseille-Aix-Sisteron, A54 Salon-Nîmes.
By train : TGA Paris-Avignon (2h30), Marseille (3h), Toulon (4h), Cannes (5h), Nice (6h). TGV Lille-Marseille (5h).
By plane : Airports in Marseille, Nice , Hyères/Toulon, Avignon.
maritime Links : from the Corse and Afrique du Nord from Marseille, Toulon and Nice. for the Corse, links with Bastia, Calvi, L’Ile-Rousse, Ajaccio, Propriano.

Overall Population : 4 506 000 inhabitants (7,4% of franch population )
Population by department : Alpes of Haute-Provence : 140 000 Hautes-Alpes : 121 000. Alpes-Maritimes : 1 011 000.
Bouches-du-Rhône : 1 836 000. Var : 898 000.
Vaucluse : 500 000.
Area: 31 400 km².