Nice
Motto: Nicæa civitas fidelissima
Port Lympia of Nice
Administration
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.