Alpes-Maritimes
French department
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Alpes-Maritimes is a department of France[1]. Alpes-Maritimes ranks in the top 3% of department of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,167 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Charles-Ange Ginésy[5]
- Capital: Nice[6]
- Shares border with: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence[7], Var[8], Piedmont[9], Liguria[10], Province of Cuneo[11], Province of Imperia[12]
- Named after: Alps[13], sea[14], Mediterranean Sea[15]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Grasse[16], arrondissement of Nice[17], Nice[18], Cannes[19], Cipières[20], Rigaud[21], Antibes[22], Sainte-Agnès[23], Gorbio[24], Grasse[25], Menton[26], Vence[27], Cagnes-sur-Mer[28], Villefranche-sur-Mer[29]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Alpes-Maritimes include 100122 Alpes-Maritimes[30], an asteroid[31].
Why It Matters
Alpes-Maritimes has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Alpes-Maritimes is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for Alpes-Maritimes include 100122 Alpes-Maritimes[30], an asteroid[31].