Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur daily basis, but cities are investing in public transport networks such as Marseille's subway (2 lines) and tramway (3 lines), Aubagne's tramway (1 line) and Nice's tramway (1 line). Other networks existed at the beginning of the 20th century in smaller cities such as Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, La Ciotat and Toulon but are now gone. Major universities of the region include the Aix-Marseille University, the University of Toulon, the University of Avignon and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. Other towns have higher education classes but no Universities. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; ; ; PACA) is one of the 18
Contes, Alpes-Maritimes secondary town with services activities and residential areas for people working in the far city of Nice. The town has an important Lafarge plaster factory. Contes, Alpes-Maritimes Contes () is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in south-eastern France. Its inhabitants are "Contois". Because the village sounds like the French word "comte", the aristocratic title count, it called itself "Point Libre" during the revolutionary period. Famous sons of Contes are Henri Charpentier, a chef who studied under Escoffier, Camous and Ritz. He worked for some of the most famous restaurants in Paris and then