Alpes-Maritimes

**Alpes-Maritimes** (; ) is a department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in the extreme southeast corner of France.

The name Alpes-Maritime comes from ,  a Roman military district created in the region by Augustus in 14 BC.

## History
The department of the Alpes-Martimes was created on 4 February 1793 with the territory of the County of Nice that was annexed in January of the same year. The capital was Nice. It was divided in three districts: Menton, Nice and Puget-Théniers. In 1794, district of Menton was changed to district of Fort-d'Hercule (Monaco).

In 1800, with the creation of the *arrondissements* in France, the three districts were changed into three *arrondissements*: Nice, Monaco and Puget-Théniers. The lowest point is along the Mediterranean coast.

The main rivers in Alpes-Maritimes are:  Var, Vésubie, Tinée, Roya, Estéron, Siagne, Loup.

### Climate
The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Nice is a "Mediterranean climate" and of the subtype "**Csb**".

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Nice is . The month with the most precipitation on average is October with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of . There are an average of 94.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in April with 11.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in July with 4.0 days.

The following is a list of the 27 **cantons of the Alpes-Maritimes department**, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

# Antibes-1 (0601)
# Antibes-2 (0602)
# Antibes-3 (0603)
# Beausoleil (0604)
# Cagnes-sur-Mer-1 (0605)
# Cagnes-sur-Mer-2 (0606)
# Cannes-1 (0607)
# Cannes-2 (0608)
# Le Cannet (0609)
# Contes (0610)
# Grasse-1 (0611)
# Grasse-2 (0612)
# Mandelieu-la-Napoule (0613)
# Menton (0614)
# Nice-1 (0615)
# Nice-2 (0616)
# Nice-3 (0617)
# Nice-4 (0618)
# Nice-5 (0619)
# Nice-6 (0620)
# Nice-7 (0621)
# Nice-8 (0622)
# Nice-9 (0623)
# Tourrette-Levens (0624)
# Valbonne (0625)
# Vence (0626)
# Villeneuve-Loubet (0627)

## Demographics
The inhabitants of Alpes-Maritimes are known, in French, as *Maralpins* (women: *Maralpines*).

Alpes-Maritimes had a population, in 2014, of 1,083,312, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The *arrondissement* of Grasse, with 560,045 inhabitants, is the *arrondissement* with more inhabitants.

**Evolution of the population in Alpes-Maritimes**

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The *communes* in the department with more than 20,000 inhabitants are:

## Gallery

File:Nice-seafront.jpg|Nice seafront.
File:Menton-Côte d'Azur.jpg|Menton.
File:Eglise Notre-Dame du Port Nice.jpg|*Notre Dame du Port* church, Nice.
File:P1000710 Roseraie a Cannes.JPG|Rose garden in Cannes.
File:Vue de Grasse.jpg|View of Grasse.

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Alpes-Maritimes department
* Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department

## References
## Other websites
* Departmental Council website 
* Prefecture website  
* Côte d'Azur tourism