France 3 Provence-Alpes 1992, "FR3 Méditerranée" was rebranded "France 3 Méditerranée". France 3 Méditerranée produces daily news programmes for its two sub-regions - programming for the Côte d'Azur sub-region is produced in Antibes, with the Provence-Alpes sub-region receiving programming from Marseille. Each sub-region produces a 27-minute bulletin ("midi-pile") at 1200 CET during "12|13" and a main half-hour news broadcast at 1900 during "19|20". Three 10-minute local bulletins for the Marseille, Côte Varoise and Nice areas are broadcast during "19|20" at 1845 CET. On 5 January 2009, a 5-minute late night bulletin was introduced, forming part of "Soir 3". On some weekends and holiday
Provence Nice and the lower Alps, was detached from Provence and attached to the lands of the Duke of Savoy. The lower Alps were re-attached to France after the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, but Nice did not return to France until 1860, during the reign of Napoleon III. The administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur was created in 1982. It included Provence, plus the territory of the Comtat Venaissin around Avignon, the eastern portion of the Dauphiné, and the former county of Nice. The Rhône river, on the western border of Provence, is one of the major rivers of France, and