Provence (fra)

Provence

Provence ranks 3,280th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Taubaté, Texarkana, Texas, and Faiyum. Memorable people born in Provence include Louis the Blind, Isaac the Blind, and Boso, Margrave of Tuscany. Memorable people who died in Provence include Oliver Hoare, Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre, and Julie d'Aubigny. Provence has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and businesspeople. Provence is located in France.

Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which stretches from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It largely corresponds with the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and includes the departments of Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, as well as parts of Alpes-Maritimes and Vaucluse. The largest city of the region and its modern-day capital is Marseille. Read more on Wikipedia