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2. County of Nice - Wikipedia

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   County of Nice. The county inside modern France. The County of Nice (French: Comté de Nice / Pays Niçois; Italian: Contea di Nizza / Paese Nizzardo; Niçard Occitan: Contèa de Niça / País Niçard) was a historical region of France located around the southeastern city of Nice and roughly equivalent to the modern arrondissement of Nice.

3. Nice - Wikipedia

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   A map of the County of Nice showing the area of the Italian kingdom of Sardinia annexed in 1860 to France (light brown). The area in red had already become part of France before 1860. Pro-Italian protests in Nice, 1871, during the Niçard Vespers, a popular uprising in support of the union of the County of Nice with the Kingdom of Italy.

4. Nice metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   Nice metropolitan area. Nice metropolitan area (French: aire d'attraction de Nice) as defined by INSEE in 2021 is the functional urban area or commuting zone of the city of Nice, southeastern France. It covers 100 communes, has 1,103,527 inhabitants (2021) and an area of 2,073 km 2. [2][3] It partly overlaps with the urban unit (contiguously ...

5. Alpes-Maritimes - Wikipedia

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   For only the city of Nice the tourism turnover represents a 12 to 13% share of the whole tourism market in France. The capital of the Côte d'Azur is the fifth most populous city in France. The city of Nice also has the second largest airport in France (Nice Côte d'Azur Airport), after Paris and its three airports at Roissy, Orly and Le ...

6. Arrondissement of Nice - Wikipedia

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   Arrondissement of Nice. The arrondissement of Nice is an arrondissement of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 101 communes. [2] Its population is 522,637 (2016), and its area is 3,067.4 km 2 (1,184.3 sq mi). [3]

7. French Riviera - Wikipedia

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   French Riviera. The French Riviera, known in French as the Côte d'Azur (IPA: [kot dazyʁ]; Provençal: Còsta d'Azur, IPA: [ˈkwɔstɔ daˈzyʀ]; lit. ' Azure Coast'), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is considered to be the coastal area of the Alpes-Maritimes department ...