Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes (French pronunciation: ​[alp.ma.ʁi.tim]; Occitan: Aups Maritims) is a depairtment in the extreme sootheast corner o Fraunce. Geography Owerview The depairtment is surroondit bi the French depairtments o Var, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Italy an the principality o Monaco tae the east, an the Mediterranean tae the sooth. Alpes-Maritimes includes the famous French Riviera coastline on the Mediterranean Sea wi the important touns an ceeties o Cannes, Nice, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, an Antibes. The aurie is muntainous richt doun tae the coast. This soothren aurie o the Alps is termit the Maritime Alps. Rivers include the follaein: Subdiveesion Alpes-Maritimes is dividit intae 2 arrondissements (Grasse an Nice), 52 cantons an 163 municipalities (communes). In 2002 they wur creatit 14 intercommunalities (Intercommunalité). 4 o them are metropolitan: 3 agglomeration communities (Pôle Azur Provence, Riviera Française an Sophia Antipolis) an 1 urban community (Nice-Côte d'Azur). The ither 10 are 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 and Vésubie 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) See also Communes o the Alpes-Maritimes depairtment Cantons o the Alpes-Maritimes depairtment Arrondissements o the Alpes-Maritimes depairtment References Freemit airtins Alpes-Maritimes at Curlie (in French) Prefectur wabsteid Archived 2018-09-11 at the Wayback Machine (in French) General cooncil wabsteid (in French) French Riviera directory Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis) Musical traditions in the Alpes-Maritimes department (in Inglis) About.com Archived 2015-04-05 at the Wayback Machine