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The name Côte d'Azur was given to the coast by the writer Stéphen Liégeard in his book, La Côte d’azur, published in December 1887. [16] Liégeard was born in Dijon, in the French department of Côte-d'Or, and adapted that name by substituting the azure colour of the Mediterranean for the gold of Côte-d'Or. [17]
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 annexed in 1860, 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 ...
Transport in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (5 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
This list of castles in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is a list of medieval castles or châteaus forts in the region in southern France.
Pages in category "History of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Côte d'Azur is the French name of the French Riviera, the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. Côte d'Azur may also refer to: Côte d'Azur Observatory; Côte d'Azur Pullman Express, a French de luxe train which ran from 9 December 1929 until May 1939; Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
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Côte d'Azur University (French: Université Côte d'Azur) is a public research university located in Nice, France, and neighboring areas. In 2019, it replaced the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and the community (ComUE) that was created in 2013. On 9 January 2020, Jeanick Brisswalter was elected as president of Côte d'Azur University.