Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur second most important city in the region with a city proper population of about 350,000 and an urban population exceeding 1 million. Marseille, with an urban area of 2 million inhabitants, is the largest and capital city of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It is also the second most populated city in France, just behind Paris and the city with the third largest metropolitan population in France, behind Paris and Lyon respectively. Along with Nice and Marseille the region is also made internationally popular with Cannes which, though not a large city (population of 73,603 in 2012), hosts the annual Cannes Film
Avignon – Provence Airport Avignon – Provence Airport Avignon Provence Airport (, ) is an airport located in the city of Avignon and west of Caumont-sur-Durance, in the Vaucluse department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France. The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 17/35 which measures . It also has a two parallel grass runways: 17R/35L measuring and 17L/35R measuring . The shorter grass runway is for use by ultralight aircraft. All scheduled flights out of Avignon airport are seasonal flights to the UK. There are rapid bus connections to several even distant