French depairtment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alpes-Maritimes (French pronunciation: [alp.ma.ʁi.tim]; Occitan: Aups Maritims) is a depairtment in the extreme sootheast corner o Fraunce.
Alpes-Maritimes | |
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![]() Location o Alpes-Maritimes in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 43°50′N 7°10′E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Prefectur | Nice |
Subprefecturs | Grasse |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Éric Ciotti (UMP) |
Area | |
• Total | 4299 km2 (1,660 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,082,465 |
• Rank | 18t |
• Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment number | 06 |
Arrondissements | 2 |
Cantons | 52 |
Communes | 163 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lakes, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2 |
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:
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Alpes-Maritimes is dividit intae 2 arrondissements (Grasse an Nice), 52 cantons an 163 municipalities (communes).
In 2002 they wur creatit 14 intercommunalities (Intercommunalité).[1] 4 o them are metropolitan: 3 agglomeration communities (Pôle Azur Provence,[2] Riviera Française[3] an Sophia Antipolis[4]) an 1 urban community (Nice-Côte d'Azur[5]). 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:
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