page_title: Monaco
section_title: Administrative divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Monaco / Government / Administrative divisions
context_page_description: Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state, country, and microstate on the French Riviera in Western Europe. It is bordered by France to the north, east and west, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The principality is home to 38,682 residents and is widely recognised for being one of the most expensive and wealthiest places in the world. The official language is French, although Monégasque, English and Italian are spoken and understood by a sizeable group.
  With an area of 2.1 km², it is one of the smallest sovereign states in Europe and the second-smallest in the world, after the Vatican City. Its 19,009 inhabitants per square kilometre, make it the most densely-populated sovereign state in the world. Monaco has a land border of 5.47 km, the world's shortest coastline of approximately 3.83 km, and a width that varies between 1,700 and 349 m. The highest point in the country is a narrow pathway named Chemin des Révoires on the slopes of Mont Agel, in the Les Révoires Ward, which is 161 metres above sea level. The principality is about 15 km from the state border with Italy.
context_section_description: Monaco is the second-smallest country by area in the world; only Vatican City is smaller.  Monaco is the most densely populated country in the world. The state consists of only one municipality (commune), the Municipality of Monaco. There is no geographical distinction between the State and City of Monaco, although responsibilities of the government (state-level) and of the municipality (city-level) are different.  According to the constitution of 1911, the principality was subdivided into three municipalities:
  Monaco-Ville, the old city and seat of government of the principality on a rocky promontory extending into the Mediterranean, known as the Rock of Monaco, or simply "The Rock";
  Monte Carlo, the principal residential and resort area with the Monte Carlo Casino in the east and northeast;
  La Condamine, the southwestern section including the port area, Port Hercules.
  The municipalities were merged into one in 1917, after accusations that the government was acting according to the motto "divide and conquer," and they were accorded the status of Wards or Quartiers thereafter.
  Fontvieille was added as a fourth ward, a newly constructed area claimed from the sea in the 1970s;
  Moneghetti became the fifth ward, created from part of La Condamine;
  Larvotto became the sixth ward, created from part of Monte Carlo;
  La Rousse/Saint Roman (including Le Ténao) became the seventh ward, also created from part of Monte Carlo.
  Subsequently, three additional wards were created:
  Saint Michel, created from part of Monte Carlo;
  La Colle, created from part of La Condamine;
  Les Révoires, also created from part of La Condamine.
  An additional ward was planned by new land reclamation to be settled beginning in 2014 but Prince Albert II announced in his 2009 New Year Speech that he had ended plans due to the economic climate at the time. However, Prince Albert II in mid-2010 firmly restarted the program. In 2015, a new development called Anse du Portier was announced.
caption: In the centre is La Condamine. At the right with the smaller harbor is Fontvieille, with The Rock (the old town, fortress, and Palace) jutting out between the two harbors. At the left are the high-rise buildings of La Rousse/Saint Roman.
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