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).

Composition
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°CantonGrasseNiceTotal0604 Beausoleil770610 Contes20200614 Menton660615 Nice-1part of Nicepart of Nice0616 Nice-2part of Nicepart of Nice0617 Nice-33part of Nice3 + part of Nice0618 Nice-4part of Nicepart of Nice0619 Nice-5part of Nicepart of Nice0620 Nice-6part of Nicepart of Nice0621 Nice-72 + part of Nice2 + part of Nice0622 Nice-8part of Nicepart of Nice0623 Nice-9part of Nicepart of Nice0624 Tourrette-Levens28280626 Vence103747

Communes
The arrondissement of Nice has 101 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 06088  Nice  343,895  Nice-1,Nice-2, Nice3Nice-4, Nice-5, Nice-6Nice-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

References

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