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Nice | ||
Motto: Nicæa civitas fidelissima | ||
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| Port Lympia of Nice | ||
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| Administration | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes | |
| Arrondissement | Nice | |
| Canton | Nice-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 | |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | |
| Mayor | Christian Estrosi (2017–21) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Land area1 | 71.92 km2 (27.77 sq mi) | |
| Population2 | 343,895 (2014) | |
| - Ranking | 5th in France | |
| - Density | 4,782/km2 (12,390/sq mi) | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Nice (pronounced "neece") is a city in southern France on the Mediterranean coast. It is a commune in the French department of Alpes-Maritimes. It has over 345,000 people living in the city as of 2012 (1,000,000 in its metropolitan area). It has many beaches. It has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification). Summers are hot, dry, and sunny; winters are mild with moderate rainfall.
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