Alpes-Maritimes department

Alpes-Maritimes
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
prefecture	Nice (Nice)
Sub-prefecture (s)	Grasse
Residents	1,083,310 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	252 inhabitants per km²
surface	4,301.50 km²
Arrondissements	2
Community associations	7th
Cantons	27
Communities	163
President of the Department Council	Eric Ciotti
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-06
Location of the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Cote

The department Alpes-Maritimes [ ALP maʀitim ] ( Italian Maritime Alps ) is the French department with the atomic number 06. It is in the southeast of the country in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur and is in accordance with the Maritime Alps named that here the Form border mountains to Italy .

geography

The department is part of Provence and extends from the Côte d'Azur to the alpine hinterland. It borders the Var department to the west, the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department to the northwest, Italy ( Piedmont and Liguria ) to the east and north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south , where it encloses the Principality of Monaco . The capital is Nice , other well-known cities are Cannes and Grasse .

coat of arms

Description: In silver on a black three-mountain with blue waves, a red eagle with a crown of the same color .

history

Claude Salicis lists 26 dolmens , 39 pseudodolmen, 183 tumuli and 33 menhirs ( Pierres dressées in French ) for the department.

As early as 7 BC, the Romans had A province of Alpes Maritimae was founded. Their capital was Cemenelum , today Cimiez, a district of Nice . During its greatest expansion at the end of the 3rd century, the province also included Digne and Briançon , and its capital had been moved to Embrun .

An Alpes-Maritimes department with the capital Nice existed in France from 1793 to 1815. Its borders differed from those of today's department, especially since it included Monaco and Sanremo .

The current Alpes-Maritimes department was created in 1860 when the county of Nice became part of France. It was formed from the county that made up the Arrondissement of Nice and part of the Var department that made up the Arrondissement of Grasse . The latter explains why the Var river does not flow through the department of the same name: it previously formed the border between France and the county of Nice, but today it is the border between the two arrondissements.

In 1947 the territory of the Alpes-Maritimes department was expanded to include the municipalities of Tende and La Brigue , whose residents voted in a referendum in the same year to join France and as a result Italy had to cede the two villages.

The original Provencal (or Occitan) place names and other geographical names (which were Italianized while belonging to the House of Savoy ) were largely francophone when the county of Nice was annexed to France - unlike in Corsica municipalities mentioned in the last section. The municipality of Isola could be an exception . In addition to the French Nice , the Italian name is also known for Nice , but not in use locally. In addition, the districts of Monte-Carlo , Larvotto , and Les Moneghetti in the Principality of Monaco, which is surrounded by the department , have been preserved in their Italian spelling.

population

language

The official language is French. Until 1860, the official language in what was then the Contea di Nice was Italian . The annexation by France resulted in an aggressive language policy of Frenchization in the region . Due to the ongoing immigration of Italians, for example to Menton (Italian Mentone ), the Italian language has recently gained some ground in the region.

Due to the history of the county of Nice, which was administratively separated from Provence between 1388 and 1860, a dialect of the Provencal or Occitan language is still spoken in Nice and the surrounding area , which has an old Provencal form and is called Nissart . In the northern, alpine parts of the department, Alpine Provençal ( Gavot ) and Brigasque are spoken, while Maritime Provençal can still be heard in the west .

Cities

• Antibes
• Cannes
• Cagnes-sur-Mer
• Grasse
• Menton
• Nice (French Nice )
• Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
• Vence

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Alpes-Maritimes department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Grasse	15th	62	562.936	1,231.23	457	061
Nice	14th	101	520.374	3,070.27	169	062
Alpes-Maritimes department	27	163	1,083,310	4,301.50	252	06

See also:

• List of communes in the Alpes-Maritimes department
• List of cantons in the Alpes-Maritimes department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Alpes-Maritimes department

tourism

Nice, aerial panorama

hike

The department is bordered in the north by the Maritime Alps with the southernmost three-thousand-meter peaks in the Alps ( Mont Clapier 3045 m and the Cime du Gélas 3143 m), in the east by the Ligurian Alps and in the west by the Provencal Pre-Alps. This offers excellent hiking opportunities in the Vallée du Verdon , Vallée de la Tinée , Vallée du Var , Vallée de l ' Estéron , Vallée du Cians, Vallée de la Vésubie and Vallée de la Roya . Several large French GR long-distance hiking trails , Sentiers de grande randonnée , run through the department ( GR 4 , GR 5 , GR 52 , GR 52A and the Via Alpina ) and in some cases also lead through the Mercantour National Park .

Winter sports

Well-known winter sports resorts are Isola 2000 , Auron , Beuil , Valberg , Peira-Cava and Camp d'Argent on the Col de Turini .

Attractions

Places of interest in the department:

• Bévéra (river / valley / canyon)
• Daluis Canyon (Haute Vallée du Var - Entraune)
• Duranus
• Estéron (river / valley / canyon)
• Cimiez
• Colle della Bonette
• Colle di Tenda
• Col di Turini
• Mercantour National Park
• Vallée des Merveilles
• Roya (river / valley / canyon)
• Siagne (river / valley)
• Tete de Chien
• Tendabahn
• Tropaeum Alpium in La Turbie
• Var (river) (valley)
• Vésubie (river / valley / canyon)

See also : List of Monuments historiques in the Alpes-Maritimes department

climate

Alpes-Maritimes department, topographer. map

Monitoring station: Cap Ferrat, 200 meters from the sea

maritime climate data	J	F.	M.	A.	M.	J	J	A.	S.	O	N	D.
mean maximum temperature	12	13	14th	16	20th	23	27	27	24	20th	16	13
mean low temperature	6th	6th	8th	10	13	16	19th	19th	17th	14th	10	8th
Number of very sunny days	5	5	6th	5	4th	5	11	9	8th	8th	6th	5
Number of days with an overcast sky	10	9	10	7th	6th	4th	1	2	5	7th	9	8th
Number of rainy days	7th	7th	7th	6th	5	4th	2	3	4th	6th	8th	6th
Rainfall in mm	75	77	70	55	44	32	18th	33	60	95	110	73
Water temperature near the coast	14th	13	13	14th	17th	20th	22nd	24	23	21st	18th	16

Days per year with

• Rainfalls over 1 mm: 64
• Frost: frost-free in 9 out of 10 years
• Snow: 1
• Thunderstorm: 20
• Hail: 1

As of 1991

Web links

Commons : Département Alpes-Maritimes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• General Council of the Alpes-Maritimes Department (French)
• Prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.cg06.fr/fr/le-cg06/les-alpes-maritimes-institution/organisation-politique/le-president/le-president/ accessed on March 26, 2013
2. Jump up ↑ Claude Salicis, Germaine Salicis, Georges Brétaudeau, Marie-Claude Gérard: Dolmens, pseudo-dolmens, tumulus et pierres dressées des Alpes-Maritimes (06). In: Mémoire de l'Institut de Préhistoire et d'Archéologie Alpes Méditerranée - Hors Série (= Mémoires de l'IPAAM. Hors Série 7). Éditions IPAAM, Nice 2014, ISSN  1286-4374 . ( online )
3. ↑ Reinhard Scholl: French Maritime Alps, Alpes-Maritimes: Mercantour - Merveilles Rother hiking guide, 2nd edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-7633-4146-7 .
4. ↑ Climate data from: Jean-Noël Darde, Plages et côtes de France, Éditions Balland, Paris 1991

Coordinates: 43 ° 53 '  N , 7 ° 13'  E