1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Nice (pronounced "neece") is a city in southernFrance on theMediterranean coast. It is a commune in the French department ofAlpes-Maritimes. It has over 345,000 people living in the city as of 2012 (1,000,000 in its metropolitan area). It has many beaches. It has a hot-summerMediterranean climate (Csa in theKoeppen climate classification). Summers are hot, dry, and sunny; winters are mild with moderate rainfall.
From the late 18th century, wealthyBritish visitors came to Nice, with its beauty and its warm climate.Queen Victoria was amongst them: she made several visits. The city's main seaside promenade, thePromenade des Anglais owes its name to these visitors.[1] The clear air and soft light appeals to painters.Marc Chagall andHenri Matisse spent years here and are well represented in the city's museums, theMusée Marc Chagall,Musée Matisse andMusée des Beaux-Arts.[2]
Nice has the second largest hotel capacity in the country and is one of its most visited cities. It gets 5 million tourists every year.[3] It also has the third busiest airport in France after the two main Parisian ones.[3]
There is a localdialect, le nissard, nissart, or niçard. It is a variety of the regional language,Occitan. It is Italian in style, reminding that the area has been under differentsovereignty in the past.
