Books set in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

33 books and other written works set here; ordered by French Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales.

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Relief map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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1MarseilleLe Comte de Monte-Cristo20
2AvignonLes Six Compagnons et la disparue de Montélimar3
3Digne-les-BainsLes Misérables2
4AntibesLiberty Bar1
5ArlesSans famille1
6Île de PorquerollesLe Cercle des Mahé1

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Relief: Copernicus EU-DEM (modified; not endorsed by the European Union), with SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 where it does not reach. Boundaries: Natural Earth. Settings: Wikidata. Sources

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Le Comte de Monte-Cristoby Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet · 1844 · Marseille
#12,154avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Les Misérablesby Victor Hugo · 1862 · Digne-les-Bains
#2852avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Sans familleby Hector Malot · 1878 · Arles
#3187avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
L'Homme à l'enversby Fred Vargas · 1999 · Alpes-Maritimes
#422.8avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Total Khéopsby Jean-Claude Izzo · 1995 · Marseille
#513.4avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Mémoires d'un Touristeby Stendhal · 1838 · Marseille
#66.3avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Liberty Barby Georges Simenon · 1932 · Antibes
#75.2avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Malicroixby Henri Bosco · 1948 · Camargue
#85.0avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Les Pestiférésby Marcel Pagnol · Marseille
#94.2avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Portby Guy de Maupassant · 1889 · Marseille
#101.7avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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