Monaco-Ville

Monaco-Ville municipality of Monaco
Coordinates	43 ° 43 '51 "  N , 7 ° 25' 27"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 43 '51 "  N , 7 ° 25' 27"  E.
surface	0.196,491 km²
Residents	975 (2008)
Population density	4962 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	98000
prefix	+377

Monaco-Ville ( Monegasque Munegu-Vila ) is the oldest and, with 975 inhabitants (2008), the smallest urban district ( French quarter ) in the Principality of Monaco . It covers an area of ​​0.2 square kilometers (19.65 hectares) and borders the Monegasque boroughs of Fontvieille and La Condamine .

Monaco-Ville is historically a fortified old city, parts of the fortifications are still visible today. Until 1917 Monaco-Ville was a separate municipality ( commune ) within the principality and is now also known as the old town or by the locals as le Rocher . It lies on a rocky peninsula that juts 60 meters out of the Mediterranean Sea between the two ports of Monaco, Port Hercule ( La Condamine district ) in the north and Port de Fontvieille ( Fontvieille district ) in the southwest.

In Monaco-Ville is among other things the Prince's Palace of the Grimaldis . The city district is therefore referred to by many sources as the capital of the principality. However, the separation between city and state is purely theoretical. Every day the changing of the guard takes place in front of the palace at 11:55 a.m.

There is also the world-famous Oceanographic Museum , which was once headed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau , and the Notre-Dame-Immaculée cathedral .

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  Palace on the Le Rocher peninsula

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  cathedral

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  Oceanographic Museum

Web links

Commons : Monaco-Ville  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• gouv.mc - website of the Government of the Principality of Monaco
• palais.mc - Website of the Palace of the Principality of Monaco
• mairie.mc - Website of the Mayor of the Principality of Monaco

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ordonnance Souveraine n ° 4.481 du 13 septembre 2013 ( Memento of the original of December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Journal de Monaco (Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté). Retrieved December 22, 2014. 
2. ↑ monaco statistics pocket, edition 2014 ( PDF ; 4.5  MB ). Principality of Monaco. Retrieved December 22, 2014.