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The "Quai des États-Unis" in Nice on the French Riviera at night.


The French Riviera (French: Côte d'Azur, Occitan: Còsta Azzura) is part of France's southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, reaching from Cassis to Menton, at the border with Italy. Cannes is host to the annual presentation of the Palme d'Or, which attracts movie stars from around the world.

Extent

One of the most famous resort areas in the world, the French Riviera continues west from the Italian Riviera and Menton through Monaco, Nice, Antibes and Cannes, along the Mediterranean coast of the Alpes-Maritimes département. After Cannes, there is some dispute regarding its extent, with some authorities (including the official tourist bodies for the Alpes-Maritimes) arguing that it stops at the border with the département of the Var, after Théoule-sur-Mer. Others suggest it extends further along the Var coastline, at least as far as Saint-Tropez but possibly to Hyères or even the border with the Bouches-du-Rhône département.

History

The French Riviera became a fashionable resort in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was particularly popular with the British upper class. Winston Churchill was a regular visitor who often stayed in Coco Chanel's villa where he wrote his memoirs. Initially it was a winter resort, valued for its mild winter climate in comparison with that of northern Europe. It later became much more popular as a summer resort.

Places

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Cap Ferrat: Plage la Paloma, a beach on the Côte d'Azur.
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Saint-Jeannet, in Alpes-Maritimes
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View of Port of Porquerolles, an island in Var.
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Courtade's Beach on Porquerolles


Places on the French Riviera include, from west to east:

Famous residents

Trivia

  • Cote d'Azur (the French name for the riviera) was used as a track in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec and , as well as being the name of the Monte Carlo Grand Prix track in Gran Turismo 4.
  • The French Riviera was used as a setting in the 2001 video game Spy Hunter in the missions Double Vision and French Kiss.

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French (français, pronounced [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a Romance language originally spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, and today by about 300 million people around the world as either
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Occitan}}} 
Official status
Official language of: Officially recognised in Catalonia, Spain, as Occitan.
Regulated by: Conselh de la Lenga Occitana
Language codes
ISO 639-1: oc
ISO 639-2: oci
ISO 639-3: oci

Occitan
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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"


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Mediterranean is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.
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Commune of
Cassis

Port-Miou calanque in Cassis

Location


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Commune of
Menton

Location
Longitude 07° 30' 02" E
Latitude 43° 46' 32" N

Administration
Country  France
Arrondissement Nice
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Anthem
Il Canto degli Italiani
(also known as Fratelli d'Italia)


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The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. The private festival is held annually (usually in the month of May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, in the
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The Palme d'Or ("Golden Palm") is the highest prize given to a competing film at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the organizing committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize had been called the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film.
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resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations. Resorts are places, towns such as Sochi in Russia, Newport, Rhode Island or St. Moritz, Switzerland, or larger regions, like the Adirondack Mountains or the Italian Riviera.
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Italian Riviera (Italian Riviera ligure) is the narrow coastal strip which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the
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Commune of
Menton

Location
Longitude 07° 30' 02" E
Latitude 43° 46' 32" N

Administration
Country  France
Arrondissement Nice
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Motto
"Deo Juvante"   (Latin)
"With God's Help"
Anthem
Hymne Monégasque


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Ville de Nice

Motto: Nicæa civitas.[1]
(Latin: "Nice the city")

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Commune of
Antibes

Antibes Juan-les-Pins

Location
Longitude 07° 07' 26" E
Latitude 43° 34' 51" N

Administration
Country  France
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Mediterranean is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.
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Alpes-Maritimes

Coat of arms of the Alpes-Maritimes department
Location

Administration
Department number: 06
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Prefecture: Nice
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Administrative divisions of France

Main article

Regions
(incl. overseas regions)
Departments
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Var

Coat of arms of the Var department
Location

Administration
Department number: 83
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Prefecture: Toulon
Subprefectures: Brignoles
Draguignan
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Commune of
Saint-Tropez

Saint Tropez

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Administration
Country  France
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Commune of
Hyères

Street in Hyères

Location
Longitude 06° 22' 03" E
Latitude 43° 08' 02" N

Administration
Country  France
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Bouches-du-Rhône

Coat of arms of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
Location

Administration
Department number: 13
Region: Provence-Alpes-
Côte d'Azur
Prefecture: Marseille
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can). (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
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Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971)[1] was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history
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Commune of
Cassis

Port-Miou calanque in Cassis

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Commune of
Toulon

Location

Coordinates

Administration
Country  France
Arrondissement Toulon
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Commune of
Hyères

Street in Hyères

Location
Longitude 06° 22' 03" E
Latitude 43° 08' 02" N

Administration
Country  France
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Commune of
Saint-Tropez

Saint Tropez

Location

Coordinates

Administration
Country  France
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