Alpes-Maritimes
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| Alpes-Maritimes | |
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| Coat of arms of the Alpes-Maritimes department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 06 |
| Region: | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Prefecture: | Nice |
| Subprefectures: | Grasse |
| Arrondissements: | 2 |
| Cantons: | 52 |
| Communes: | 163 |
| President of the General Council: | Christian Estrosi UMP |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 20th |
| -Jan.1, 2006 estimate -March 8, 1999 census |
1,069,997 1,011,326 |
| Population density: | 249/km² |
| Land area¹: | 4299 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Alpes-Maritimes (Occitan: Aups Maritims) is a department in the southeast corner of France.
[change] See also
- Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
- Cantons of the Alpes-Maritimes department
- Arrondissements of the Alpes-Maritimes department
[change] Other websites
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General council website
