Presentation of 9° Région Of French Club 41
Provence, Alpes, Côte d’Azur et Corse

A little of history

While the slow migration of the Celts of the age of the bronze was made towards the west, while Rome was going to be born, while Greece went out of its lethargy, while the average east was for its top. The Long pole began to become populated. The age of the iron arrived and with him the second migration of Celtic, more warlike than the first ones, to the south of the long pole. This migration arrived at its highlight towards 390 before J. C. The Celts remained quartered in the South of the Long pole, getting involved in Ligurian, which had settled down before them, forming a Celtic-Ligurian population.

Since 7 °-6 ° Century before JC, Massalia created by Phocée, under Persian dominion, establishes very good relations with the Celtics and Celtics-Ligurian of the South of the Gaulle. The contribution of Greco Oriental civilization of Massalia, until 500 before J. C., then exclusively Greek after 500 before J. C., penetrated in the East by Antipolis and Niceaea, on the West to Spain (in the North of Palamos.) and in the North to the Loire river.

All these penetrations of the civilization had for centre Massalia. It is to underline that the Etruscan civilization penetrated within Ligurian settled in the South is of the Gaulle. The penetration oriental Greco of this time again is feel in France nowadays.

The arrival of Romans to 2 ° century before JC with the creation of Cisalpine and Provincia Romana (Provence) strengthened this culture Roman Greco. This contribution of Greco - Roman civilization divided, during big invasions, France in two parts: the Francie in the North and the Romanie in the South. Romanie, divided by the Rhone offered on the West a tint more Visigoth than in the East

If the Visigoths have conquered Provence Ostrogoths as Burgundies fast succeeded them. From 7 ° century after Christ, Provence undergoes the Saracen occupation; it chased away these occupants who left numerous tracks of about 2 centuries of occupations. It was then the ally of Catalonia then Aragon, to be later a fief of Lotharingie, and afterward Anjou.

It became French in 1481. The language: the Provencal, derived of the Catalan, is nowadays still spoken.

Monaco became independent in 1410. The language, different from Nisart and from Provencal, still spoken nowadays, is the Monegasque.

The County of Nice belonged for a long time at home of Savoy or Piedmont. The border which separated France of the County of Nice was the coastal river the Var. The Inhabitants of Nice who still speak about Niçart. They approved by a large majority their fastening with France In 1860.

It is rather difficult to separate Corsica of Provence. The Island of Beauty was bought by France a little bit before the birth of Napoleon. Although Corsica is an island with all its peculiarities in its culture and its language.

Such an admixture of population of Mediterranean and western culture, offer in Provence a wealth which confers it a charm and a hospitality reappointed all over the world.

The 9th region of French club 41

9 ° region forms a big rhombus among which Montélimar, Nice, Arles and Bastia bound points. It consists of 20 clubs more a foreign club godchild: Monaco.

It contains 20 clubs grouped together in two districts