Arrondissement of Nice

The **arrondissement of Nice** is an arrondissement of France, in the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Nice.

## History

When the Alpes-Maritimes department was created on 1793, Nice was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Nice is the most northern of the Alpes-Maritimes department. It is bordered to the northeast and east by the Piedmont region (Italy), to the southeast by the Liguria region (Italy), to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, to the southwest by the Grasse _arrondissement_ and to the west by the Var department.

The _arrondissement_ of Nice is the largest in area of the two _arrondissements_ of the department, , but the one with fewer people living in it (523,267 inhabitants).

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the _arrondissements_ so they could have _communes_ that belong to different _arrondissements_.

In the _arrondissement_ of Nice, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Nice-3 and Vence. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|N°||Canton||Grasse||Nice||Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|0604|Beausoleil||7|**7**|||||
|0610|Contes||20|**20**|||||
|0614|Menton||6|**6**|||||
|0615|Nice-1||part of Nice|part of Nice|||||
|0616|Nice-2||part of Nice|part of Nice|||||
|0617|Nice-3|3|part of Nice|**3** + part of Nice|||||
|0618|Nice-4||part of Nice|part of Nice|||||
|0619|Nice-5||part of Nice|part of Nice|||||
|0620|Nice-6||part of Nice|part of Nice|||||
|0621|Nice-7||2 + part of Nice|**2** + part of Nice|||||
|0622|Nice-8||part of Nice|part of Nice|||||
|0623|Nice-9||part of Nice|part of Nice|||||
|0624|Tourrette-Levens||28|**28**|||||
|0626|Vence|10|37|**47**|||||

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Nice has 101 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Ascros <small>(06005)</small>
1. Aspremont <small>(06006)</small>
1. Auvare <small>(06008)</small>
1. Bairols <small>(06009)</small>
1. Beaulieu-sur-Mer <small>(06011)</small>
1. Beausoleil <small>(06012)</small>
1. Belvédère <small>(06013)</small>
1. Bendejun <small>(06014)</small>
1. Berre-les-Alpes <small>(06015)</small>
1. Beuil <small>(06016)</small>
1. Blausasc <small>(06019)</small>
1. Bonson <small>(06021)</small>
1. Breil-sur-Roya <small>(06023)</small>
1. Cantaron <small>(06031)</small>
1. Cap-d'Ail <small>(06032)</small>
1. Castagniers <small>(06034)</small>
1. Castellar <small>(06035)</small>
1. Castillon <small>(06036)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-Villevieille <small>(06039)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-d'Entraunes <small>(06040)</small>
1. Clans <small>(06042)</small>
1. Coaraze <small>(06043)</small>
1. Colomars <small>(06046)</small>
1. Contes <small>(06048)</small>
1. Cuébris <small>(06052)</small>
1. Daluis <small>(06053)</small>
1. Drap <small>(06054)</small>
1. Duranus <small>(06055)</small>
1. Entraunes <small>(06056)</small>
1. Falicon <small>(06060)</small>
1. Fontan <small>(06062)</small>
1. Gilette <small>(06066)</small>
1. Gorbio <small>(06067)</small>
1. Guillaumes <small>(06071)</small>
1. Ilonse <small>(06072)</small>
1. Isola <small>(06073)</small>
1. L'Escarène <small>(06057)</small>
1. La Bollène-Vésubie <small>(06020)</small>
1. La Brigue <small>(06162)</small>
1. La Croix-sur-Roudoule <small>(06051)</small>
1. La Penne <small>(06093)</small>
1. La Roquette-sur-Var <small>(06109)</small>
1. La Tour <small>(06144)</small>
1. La Trinité <small>(06149)</small>
1. La Turbie <small>(06150)</small>
1. Lantosque <small>(06074)</small>
1. Levens <small>(06075)</small>
1. Lieuche <small>(06076)</small>
1. Lucéram <small>(06077)</small>
1. Malaussène <small>(06078)</small>
1. Marie <small>(06080)</small>
1. Massoins <small>(06082)</small>
1. Menton <small>(06083)</small>
1. Moulinet <small>(06086)</small>
1. Nice <small>(06088)</small>
1. Peille <small>(06091)</small>
1. Peillon <small>(06092)</small>
1. Pierlas <small>(06096)</small>
1. Pierrefeu <small>(06097)</small>
1. Puget-Rostang <small>(06098)</small>
1. Puget-Théniers <small>(06099)</small>
1. Péone <small>(06094)</small>
1. Revest-les-Roches <small>(06100)</small>
1. Rigaud <small>(06101)</small>
1. Rimplas <small>(06102)</small>
1. Roquebillière <small>(06103)</small>
1. Roquebrune-Cap-Martin <small>(06104)</small>
1. Roquesteron <small>(06106)</small>
1. Roubion <small>(06110)</small>
1. Roure <small>(06111)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-la-Roche <small>(06114)</small>
1. Saint-Antonin <small>(06115)</small>
1. Saint-Blaise <small>(06117)</small>
1. Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage <small>(06119)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat <small>(06121)</small>
1. Saint-Léger <small>(06124)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-Vésubie <small>(06127)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes <small>(06125)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-du-Var <small>(06126)</small>
1. Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée <small>(06129)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée <small>(06120)</small>
1. Sainte-Agnès <small>(06113)</small>
1. Saorge <small>(06132)</small>
1. Sauze <small>(06133)</small>
1. Sigale <small>(06135)</small>
1. Sospel <small>(06136)</small>
1. Tende <small>(06163)</small>
1. Thiéry <small>(06139)</small>
1. Toudon <small>(06141)</small>
1. Tourette-du-Château <small>(06145)</small>
1. Tournefort <small>(06146)</small>
1. Tourrette-Levens <small>(06147)</small>
1. Touët-de-l'Escarène <small>(06142)</small>
1. Touët-sur-Var <small>(06143)</small>
1. Utelle <small>(06151)</small>
1. Valdeblore <small>(06153)</small>
1. Venanson <small>(06156)</small>
1. Villars-sur-Var <small>(06158)</small>
1. Villefranche-sur-Mer <small>(06159)</small>
1. Villeneuve-d'Entraunes <small>(06160)</small>
1. Èze <small>(06059)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|06088|Nice|343,895|Nice-1,Nice-2, Nice3 Nice-4, Nice-5, Nice-6 Nice-7, Nice-8, Nice-9 || Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur||
|06083|Menton|73,744|Menton|Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française|
|06012|Beausoleil|13,618|Beausoleil|Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française|
|06104|Roquebrune-Cap-Martin|12,867|Menton|Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française|
|06149|La Trinité|10,171|Nice-7|Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur|
|06048|Contes|7,381|Contes|Le Pays des Paillons|
|06114|Saint-André-de-la-Roche|5,467|Nice-7|Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur|
|06159|Villefranche-sur-Mer|5,219|Beausoleil|Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur|
|06147|Tourrette-Levens|4,836|Tourrette-Levens|Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur|
|06075|Levens|4,779|Tourrette-Levens|Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Alpes-Maritimes department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Nice
- **insee**: 062
- **nbcomm**: 101
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Nice
- **area**: 3067.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Nizza 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur