Sign walcomin visitors tae Alpes-Maritimes. Alpes-Maritimes (French pronunciation: [alp.ma.ʁi.tim] Occitan :Aups Maritims ) is adepairtment in the extreme sootheast corner o Fraunce.
Belvédère in the Vesubie valley, ane o the mony veelages perché in the Alpes-Maritime.The depairtment is surroondit bi the French depairtments o Var, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Italy an the principality o Monaco tae the east, an theMediterranean tae the sooth.
Alpes-Maritimes includes the famousFrench Riviera coastline on the Mediterranean Sea wi the important touns an ceeties o Cannes, Nice,Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat , anAntibes .
The aurie is muntainous richt doun tae the coast. This soothren aurie o theAlps is termit theMaritime Alps .
Rivers include the follaein:
Depairtment map showin its diveesion intae the 2 arrondissements an the location o some o its principal ceeties an touns. Alpes-Maritimes is dividit intae 2arrondissements (Grasse anNice ), 52cantons an 163municipalities (communes ).
In 2002 they wur creatit 14intercommunalities (Intercommunalité ).[ 1] agglomeration communities (Pôle Azur Provence ,[ 2] Riviera Française [ 3] Sophia Antipolis [ 4] urban community (Nice-Côte d'Azur [ 5] Communauté de communes Vallée de l'Estéron ,Monts d'Azur ,Pays des Paillons ,Coteaux d'Azur ,Vallées d'Azur ,Tinée ,Cians Var ,Stations du Mercantour ,Terres de Siagne andVésubie Mercantour .
Below it is shown a leet o maist populatit places o the depairtment:
Nice (348,721)Antibes (76,778)Cannes (71,790)Grasse (51,294)Cagnes-sur-Mer (49,551)Le Cannet (42,596)Vallauris (30,839)Saint-Laurent-du-Var (30,605)Menton (29,129)Mandelieu-la-Napoule (20,889)Mougins (20,250)Vence (19,659)
