Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; ; ; PACA) is one of the 18 administrative regions of France. Its capital is Marseille. The region is roughly coterminous with the former French province of Provence, with the addition of the following adjacent areas: the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin; the former Sardinian-Piedmontese county of Nice, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera, and in French as the "Côte d'Azur"; and the southeastern part of the former French province of Dauphiné, in the French Alps. 4,935,576 people live in the region according to the 2012 census.
Société scientifique et littéraire des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence an historical, scientific, or literary way. It has published many works of recognized quality, distributed to a number of European societies and universities. Its publications have appeared under a number of names: "Annales des Basses-Alpes" followed by "Annales de Haute-Provence" and finally "Chroniques de Haute-Provence". These publications have been indexed and filed by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence archives department. Many libraries shelve these works. Since 1969, the society has appointed a committee to protect the monuments and sites in Haute-Provence. The committee has made it its aim to safeguard, restore, and highlight the department's monuments and sites. It acts in concert with