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 Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| No. of communes | 101 |
| Prefecture | Nice |
Area | 3,067.4 km2 (1,184.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 536,776 |
| • Density | 174.99/km2 (453.23/sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 062 |
Thearrondissement of Nice is anarrondissement of France in theAlpes-Maritimesdepartment in theProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azurregion. It has 101communes.[2] Its population is 530,694 (2021), and its area is 3,067.4 km2 (1,184.3 sq mi).[3]
The communes of the arrondissement of Nice, and theirINSEE codes, are:[2]
The arrondissement of Nice is roughly equivalent to the ancientCounty of Nice, a historical region belonging first to theDuchy of Savoy and then to theKingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. Conquered in 1792 by the armies of theFirst French Republic, the County of Nice continued to be part of France until 1814; but after that date it reverted to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.[4] After theTreaty of Turin was signed in 1860 between theSardinian king andNapoleon III as a consequence of thePlombières Agreement, the County of Nice was again and definitively ceded to France as a territorial reward for French assistance in theSecond Italian War of Independence againstAustria, which sawLombardy united withPiedmont-Sardinia.
In particular, the arrondissement of Nice was created in 1800 during the first French annexation, disbanded in 1814 after theTreaty of Paris, when its territory returned to the Kingdom of Piedmonte-Sardinia, and restored in 1860 after the aforementionedTreaty of Turin.[5] As a result of the reorganisation of thecantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Nice were, as of January 2015:[6]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nice".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 646–647.43°42′N7°16′E / 43.700°N 7.267°E /43.700; 7.267
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