NationMaster - Encyclopedia: County of Nice

The County of Nice or Niçard Country (Niçard Occitan: Comtat de Niça / País Niçard, French: Comté de Nice / Pays Niçois, Italian: Contea di Nizza / Paese Nizzardo) is a historical region of Occitania (and France since 1860), located in the South-Eastern part, around the city of Nice. Its territory lies between the Mediterranean Sea (Côte d'Azur), Var River and the southernmost crest of the Alps. It was initially a part of the ancient County of Provence, then it became in 1388 a part of the Duchy of Savoy (that became the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1720). The region received the name County of Nice at an undetermined date after being integrated into Savoy. It was included in France in 1860. Since this date, the County has matched with the Arrondissement of Nice that is the biggest part of the the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Nevertheless the name County of Nice is still used today for this cultural and historical region that has kept its whole personality. Image File history File links Blason06. ... Image File history File links Blason06. ... Nicard (NiÃ§ois - French, Nissart - NiÃ§ard) is a distinct dialect of the ProvenÃ§al language spoken in and around the city of Nice, or Nissa in NiÃ§ard, and the historical region Le ComtÃ© de Nice/Lou Coumtat de Nissa which is almost equivalent to the current French d... Occitan, known also as Lenga dÃ²c or Langue doc (Occitan: occitan, lenga dÃ²c) is a Romance language spoken in Occitania (i. ... Occitania refers to the lands where the Occitan language is spoken. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the oceanographic term, see Mediterranean sea (oceanography). ... The Promenade des Anglais in Nice on the French Riviera at night. ... The Var is a river located in the Alpes-Maritimes département, in the south-east of France. ... The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ... Events Beginning of prosecution of Lollards in England The Battle of Otterburn between England and Scotland A Chinese army under Xu Da sacks Karakorum Births September 14 - Claudius ClaussÃ¶n Swart, Danish geographer September 29 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (d. ... For the earlier history of Savoy, see County of Savoy. ... Kingdom of Sardinia, in 1839: Mainland Piedmont, with Savoia upper left (pink) and Nizza (Nice) lower left (brown) both now French, and Sardinia in the inset The Kingdom of Sardinia is a former kingdom in Italy. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... The arrondissement of Nice is an arrondissement of France, located in the Alpes-Maritimes dÃ©partement, of the Provence-Alpes-CÃ´te dAzur rÃ©gion. ... Alpes_Maritimes is a département in the extreme southeast corner of France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ... Location Administration Capital Marseille Regional President Michel Vauzelle (PS) (since 1998) DÃ©partements Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-Maritimes Bouches-du-RhÃ´ne Hautes-Alpes Var Vaucluse Arrondissements 18 Cantons 237 Communes 963 Statistics Land area1 31,400 kmÂ² Population (Ranked 3rd) - January 1, 2005 est. ... France is divided into 26 régions, further subdivided into départements. ...

Its historical capital city is Nice. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Saint-Ã‰tienne-de-TinÃ©e is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes dÃ©partement in southeasern France. ...

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Barelli Hervé, Rocca Roger (1995). Histoire de l'identité niçoise, Nice: Serre. ISBN 2-84410-223-4

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