Arrondissement of Nice

Coordinates: 43°42′N 7°16′E / 43.700°N 7.267°E / 43.700; 7.267
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Nice
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

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.

History[change | change source]

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

Geography[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

Cantons[change | change source]

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:

Canton Grasse Nice Total
0604 Beausoleil 7 7
0610 Contes 20 20
0614 Menton 6 6
0615 Nice-1 part of Nice part of Nice
0616 Nice-2 part of Nice part of Nice
0617 Nice-3 3 part of Nice 3 + part of Nice
0618 Nice-4 part of Nice part of Nice
0619 Nice-5 part of Nice part of Nice
0620 Nice-6 part of Nice part of Nice
0621 Nice-7 2 + part of Nice 2 + part of Nice
0622 Nice-8 part of Nice part of Nice
0623 Nice-9 part of Nice part of Nice
0624 Tourrette-Levens 28 28
0626 Vence 10 37 47

Communes[change | change source]

The arrondissement of Nice has 101 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes[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
Commune Population[5]
(2014)
Canton Intercommunality
06088 Nice 343,895 Nice-1,Nice-2, Nice3
Nice-4, Nice-5, Nice-6
Nice-7, Nice-8, Nice-9
Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06083 Menton 73,744 Menton Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française
06012 Beausoleil 13,618 Beausoleil Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française
06104 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 12,867 Menton Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française
06149 La Trinité 10,171 Nice-7 Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06048 Contes 7,381 Contes Le Pays des Paillons
06114 Saint-André-de-la-Roche 5,467 Nice-7 Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06159 Villefranche-sur-Mer 5,219 Beausoleil Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06147 Tourrette-Levens 4,836 Tourrette-Levens Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06075 Levens 4,779 Tourrette-Levens Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  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.

43°42′N 7°16′E / 43.700°N 7.267°E / 43.700; 7.267