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Nice (pronooncit /ˈniːs/, NEESS; French: [nis]; Occitan: Niça or Nissa; Italian: Nizza; Greek: Νίκαια; Laitin: Nicaea) is the fift maist muckle ceety in Fraunce, efter Paris, Marseille, Lyon an Toulouse, wi a population o 348,721 athin its admeenistrative limits on a land aurie o 71.92 km2 (28 sq mi). The urban aurie o Nice extends ayont the admeenistrative ceety limits wi a population o mair nor 955,000[1] on an aurie o 721 km2 (278 sq mi). Locatit on the sooth east coast o Fraunce on the Mediterranean Sea, Nice is the seicont-lairgest French ceety on the Mediterranean coast efter Marseille.
Nice | |
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Motto(s): Nicæa civitas. | |
Coordinates: 43°42′12″N 7°15′59″E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Depairtment | Alpes-Maritimes |
Arrondissement | Nice |
Intercommunality | Nice-Côte d'Azur |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2008–14) | Christian Estrosi |
Area 1 | 71.92 km2 (27.77 sq mi) |
Population (2016-01-01)2 | 345,998 |
• Rank | 5t in Fraunce |
• Density | 4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
• Urban (2010) | 955,000 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 06088 / |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
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