Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes (; ) 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:
Var
Aigue Blanche
Barlatte
Basséra
Bendola
Bévéra
Borrigo
Bourdous
Bouyon
BragueCagne
Carei
Chalvagne
Cians
Cianavelle
Coulomp
Estéron
Fontanalba
Gorbio
GordolasqueGuercha
Lévensa
Loup
Lubiane
Maglia
Magnan
Malvan
Mayola
Minière
PaillonRaton
Réfréi
Rioulan
Roudoule
Roya
Siagne
Tinée
Valmasque
Vésubie
Vionène

 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). See an aw: :fr:Intercommunalités des Alpes-Maritimes 4 o them are metropolitan: 3 agglomeration communities (Pôle Azur Provence, Pôle Azur Provence offeecial steid  Riviera Française Riviera Française offeecial site an Sophia Antipolis Sophia Antipolis offeecial site ) an 1 urban community (Nice-Côte d'Azur Nice-Côte d'Azur offeecial site). 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 

  Prefectur wabsteid 
  General cooncil wabsteid
  French Riviera directory 
  Musical traditions in the Alpes-Maritimes department
  About.com