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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Map
Every department, city and town in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and departments above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a department to see its population, area and largest towns.
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Printable maps of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur map with cities
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur departments map
Key facts
- Capital
- Marseille
- Largest city
- Marseille (886,040)
- Population
- 5,218,960 (2023)
- Area
- 31,402 km² (12,124 sq mi)
- Departments of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- 6
- Most populous department
- Bouches-du-Rhône (2,087,658)
- Largest department by area
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 6,926 km² (2,674 sq mi)
About Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has 6 departments and about 5,218,960 people (2023) on 31,402 km² (12,124 sq mi). Marseille is both the capital and the largest city, with 886,040 people. It borders Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitanie, Italy and Monaco.
Bouches-du-Rhône is the most populous department (2,087,658 people) and Hautes-Alpes the least (143,467); Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is the largest by area (6,926 km²) and Vaucluse the smallest (3,567 km²).
Largest cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 270 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Department | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marseille | Bouches-du-Rhône | 886,040 |
| 2 | Nice | Alpes-Maritimes | 357,737 |
| 3 | Toulon | Var | 179,116 |
| 4 | Aix-en-Provence | Bouches-du-Rhône | 149,695 |
| 5 | Avignon | Vaucluse | 92,188 |
| 6 | Antibes | Alpes-Maritimes | 77,637 |
| 7 | Cannes | Alpes-Maritimes | 74,350 |
| 8 | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Var | 63,732 |
| 9 | Fréjus | Var | 59,719 |
| 10 | Hyères | Var | 55,858 |
| 11 | Cagnes-sur-Mer | Alpes-Maritimes | 53,354 |
| 12 | Arles | Bouches-du-Rhône | 51,811 |
| 13 | Grasse | Alpes-Maritimes | 50,970 |
| 14 | Martigues | Bouches-du-Rhône | 48,298 |
| 15 | Aubagne | Bouches-du-Rhône | 47,529 |
| 16 | Istres | Bouches-du-Rhône | 44,292 |
| 17 | Salon-de-Provence | Bouches-du-Rhône | 44,194 |
| 18 | Le Cannet | Alpes-Maritimes | 41,938 |
| 19 | Gap | Hautes-Alpes | 41,293 |
| 20 | Draguignan | Var | 40,826 |
| 21 | La Ciotat | Bouches-du-Rhône | 38,477 |
| 22 | Saint-Raphaël | Var | 37,113 |
| 23 | Six-Fours-les-Plages | Var | 37,109 |
| 24 | Vitrolles | Bouches-du-Rhône | 36,758 |
| 25 | Marignane | Bouches-du-Rhône | 33,692 |
Populations are INSEE's populations légales 2023 (population municipale, in force on 1 January 2026); the 6 departments add up to the region's 5,218,960, as on the France map. Towns are communes at their town halls: every prefecture and sub-prefecture, and every other commune of 3,000 people or more. Marseille is a whole commune, without its suburbs.
Departments of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
All 6 departments. Select one to show it on the map.
| Digne-les-Bains | 168,054 | 6,926 | |
| Nice | 1,128,418 | 4,299 | |
| Marseille | 2,087,658 | 5,088 | |
| Gap | 143,467 | 5,549 | |
| Toulon | 1,119,307 | 5,973 | |
| Avignon | 572,056 | 3,567 |
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Sources
- Departments, regions, prefectures, sub-prefectures and communes: IGN, ADMIN EXPRESS COG CARTO 4.0, edition of 1 January 2026 (data.geopf.fr); department areas are the communes' cadastral areas.
- Populations: INSEE, populations légales 2023 (in force on 1 January 2026), population municipale by region, department and commune (insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8680726).
- Motorways and national roads: IGN, ROUTE 500 3.0, edition of November 2021.
- Rivers, lakes and lagoons: Sandre, BD TOPAGE 2025 (watercourses and water bodies, edition of August 2025).