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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is located in southeastern France, along the Mediterranean coast. As of 2021 it counted 5,127,840 inhabitants (the 7th most populous French région), across 31,676 km² of land (the 9th largest by area). Its GDP stood at €217,942 million in 2024 (provisional), ranking it 5th nationally. Its largest cities are Marseille, Nice and Toulon.

87 496 rooftop PV installations totalling 1430.7 MWp have been identified across Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur by OpenPVMapper — the 4th highest installed capacity among French régions. Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence lead the région's départements by capacity. These detections span 2017–2025. Click here to see it on the map.

87 496 PV systems detected
1430.7 MWp Estimated installed capacity
#4 by installed capacity, out of 13 régions

Source composition

DPVM + FRPV · 49%FRPV only · 29%DPVM only · 15%OSM only · 6%DPVM + FRPV + OSM · 1%FRPV + OSM · 0%DPVM + OSM · 0%

Composition by power class

P1P2P3P4P5

P1 < 9 kWp · P2 9–36 kWp · P3 36–100 kWp · P4 100–250 kWp · P5 > 250 kWp

Installed capacity by département

Bouches-du-Rhône: 386.7 MWp · #1 by installed capacity in the régionVar: 335.8 MWp · #2 by installed capacity in the régionAlpes-de-Haute-Provence: 300.6 MWp · #3 by installed capacity in the régionVaucluse: 232.3 MWp · #4 by installed capacity in the régionHautes-Alpes: 117.8 MWp · #5 by installed capacity in the régionAlpes-Maritimes: 57.4 MWp · #6 by installed capacity in the région

Darker = larger share of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur’s installed capacity.

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