French wine guide > regions > provence > provence region information (related pages: rosé - wine shop)

Terroir-France
French Wine

french wine

buy french wine

Wine

French Wine Region

French Wine Game

French Wine Club
 

Terroir-France
French Wine

Wine Shop
Wine Coolers
Gift Ideas
Tell a friend!
French wine FAQ
 Wine Glossary
Guide des vins (fr)
Franse wijn (nl)
Französische Weine (de)
French Wine Guide (home page)

Contact us:
mail@ terroir-france and add ".com"

 

Cheese-France: French Cheese Guide

Cuisine-France: French recipes and cooking

Bookstore-France: Books on France in English

This material may not be published, rewritten, or redistributed
© Terroir-France 2008

 


 
Provence
 
• Buy Provence wines
• Provence
• French Wine Regions

 
 
 

Provence MapProvence Region Information

Geography of Provence:
Provence wines are produced on the border of the Mediterranean sea, from La Ciotat to Saint Raphael, and from Sanary towards Carnoules and around the Var valley towards Nice.

The main cities of the region are on the border of the sea in what is called Côte d'Azur or French riviera: basically between Marseille and Nice.

The weather is hot in the summer and very cool in the winter, although winter can be cold when you go further away from the sea.

 

Provence Region Information:

Location: Covering Côte d'Azur, from Aix en Provence and the Rhône valley to Nice and the Alps mountains
Size: 31,400 km2 (size of the Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur region)
Covering 5 departments: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, Vaucluse
Weather: Mediterranean (mild winter and hot summer)
Population: 4,500,000 (population of Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur)
Main Cities:

Marseille (830,000 - including county 1,400,000)
Nice (350,000)
Toulon (165,000)
Aix en Provence (135,000)
Cannes (70,000)

Places of Interest: Provence (lavender, olive tree and vine)
Côte d'Azur (French Riviera: Nice, Cannes, Antibes)
Marseille (old port, basilica, nice tiny beaches and ports to find)
National Parks (Lubéron, Port Cros, Mercantour)
Cassis (calanques:something between a fjord and a cliff)

 
Next: Wines in Provence - Provence wine information - Provence region information - Provence map - Provence wine making - Provencal wine and food - Buy Provence wines - Provence main page

Wines in Provence: Côtes de Provence - Bandol - Bellet - wines from Provence

Other wine regions: Alsace - Bordeaux - Burgundy - Champagne - Corsica - Côtes du Rhône - Languedoc Roussillon - Loire Valley - South West

recommend this page (to yourself or to a friend!) | french wine regions | grape varieties | wine making | classification in France | tasting wine | wine and food | wine and health | legendary wines | wine FAQ | wine shop | french wine guide

Your feedback is important: take the France poll 1 minute - win a book!

 

French Wine Guide is maintained by Webmaster-Now, help and tips for webmaster