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.

Nice
Arrondissement
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
No. of communes101
PrefectureNice
Area
3,067.4 km2 (1,184.3 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
525,608
INSEE code062

History

When the Alpes-Maritimes department was created on 1793, Nice was part of that original department.[2]

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, 3,067.4 square kilometres (1,184.3 square miles), but the one with fewer people living in it (523,267 inhabitants).

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] 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°CantonGrasseNiceTotal
0604Beausoleil77
0610Contes2020
0614Menton66
0615Nice-1part of Nicepart of Nice
0616Nice-2part of Nicepart of Nice
0617Nice-33part of Nice3 + part of Nice
0618Nice-4part of Nicepart of Nice
0619Nice-5part of Nicepart of Nice
0620Nice-6part of Nicepart of Nice
0621Nice-72 + part of Nice2 + part of Nice
0622Nice-8part of Nicepart of Nice
0623Nice-9part of Nicepart of Nice
0624Tourrette-Levens2828
0626Vence103747

Communes

The arrondissement of Nice has 101 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Ascros (06005)
  2. Aspremont (06006)
  3. Auvare (06008)
  4. Bairols (06009)
  5. Beaulieu-sur-Mer (06011)
  6. Beausoleil (06012)
  7. Belvédère (06013)
  8. Bendejun (06014)
  9. Berre-les-Alpes (06015)
  10. Beuil (06016)
  11. Blausasc (06019)
  12. Bonson (06021)
  13. Breil-sur-Roya (06023)
  14. Cantaron (06031)
  15. Cap-d'Ail (06032)
  16. Castagniers (06034)
  17. Castellar (06035)
  18. Castillon (06036)
  19. Châteauneuf-Villevieille (06039)
  20. Châteauneuf-d'Entraunes (06040)
  21. Clans (06042)
  22. Coaraze (06043)
  23. Colomars (06046)
  24. Contes (06048)
  25. Cuébris (06052)
  26. Daluis (06053)
  27. Drap (06054)
  28. Duranus (06055)
  29. Entraunes (06056)
  30. Falicon (06060)
  31. Fontan (06062)
  32. Gilette (06066)
  33. Gorbio (06067)
  34. Guillaumes (06071)
  35. Ilonse (06072)
  36. Isola (06073)
  37. L'Escarène (06057)
  38. La Bollène-Vésubie (06020)
  39. La Brigue (06162)
  40. La Croix-sur-Roudoule (06051)
  41. La Penne (06093)
  42. La Roquette-sur-Var (06109)
  43. La Tour (06144)
  44. La Trinité (06149)
  45. La Turbie (06150)
  46. Lantosque (06074)
  47. Levens (06075)
  48. Lieuche (06076)
  49. Lucéram (06077)
  50. Malaussène (06078)
  51. Marie (06080)
  52. Massoins (06082)
  53. Menton (06083)
  54. Moulinet (06086)
  55. Nice (06088)
  56. Peille (06091)
  57. Peillon (06092)
  58. Pierlas (06096)
  59. Pierrefeu (06097)
  60. Puget-Rostang (06098)
  61. Puget-Théniers (06099)
  62. Péone (06094)
  63. Revest-les-Roches (06100)
  64. Rigaud (06101)
  65. Rimplas (06102)
  66. Roquebillière (06103)
  67. Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (06104)
  68. Roquesteron (06106)
  69. Roubion (06110)
  70. Roure (06111)
  71. Saint-André-de-la-Roche (06114)
  72. Saint-Antonin (06115)
  73. Saint-Blaise (06117)
  74. Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage (06119)
  75. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (06121)
  76. Saint-Léger (06124)
  77. Saint-Martin-Vésubie (06127)
  78. Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes (06125)
  79. Saint-Martin-du-Var (06126)
  80. Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée (06129)
  81. Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (06120)
  82. Sainte-Agnès (06113)
  83. Saorge (06132)
  84. Sauze (06133)
  85. Sigale (06135)
  86. Sospel (06136)
  87. Tende (06163)
  88. Thiéry (06139)
  89. Toudon (06141)
  90. Tourette-du-Château (06145)
  91. Tournefort (06146)
  92. Tourrette-Levens (06147)
  93. Touët-de-l'Escarène (06142)
  94. Touët-sur-Var (06143)
  95. Utelle (06151)
  96. Valdeblore (06153)
  97. Venanson (06156)
  98. Villars-sur-Var (06158)
  99. Villefranche-sur-Mer (06159)
  100. Villeneuve-d'Entraunes (06160)
  101. Èze (06059)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
06088Nice343,895Nice-1,Nice-2, Nice3
Nice-4, Nice-5, Nice-6
Nice-7, Nice-8, Nice-9		Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06083Menton73,744MentonCommunauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française
06012Beausoleil13,618BeausoleilCommunauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française
06104Roquebrune-Cap-Martin12,867MentonCommunauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française
06149La Trinité10,171Nice-7Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06048Contes7,381ContesLe Pays des Paillons
06114Saint-André-de-la-Roche5,467Nice-7Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06159Villefranche-sur-Mer5,219BeausoleilMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06147Tourrette-Levens4,836Tourrette-LevensMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06075Levens4,779Tourrette-LevensMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique des Alpes-Maritimes". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. "Décret n° 2014-227 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Alpes-Maritimes" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. "Arrondissement de Nice (062)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

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