County of Nice

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The County of Nice is a historic region in southeastern France along the Mediterranean coast, centered on the city of Nice and shaped by a complex Franco-Italian cultural and political heritage.

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
historical region
annexationTreaty Treaty of Turin (1860)
surface form: Treaty of Turin
annexationYear 1860
annexedBy France
borderedBy Kingdom of Sardinia
Liguria NERFINISHED
Mediterranean Sea
Piedmont
contains Paillon valley
surface form: Bévéra valley

Maritime Alps NERFINISHED
Paillon valley
Roya valley
Tinée valley
Var River valley
Vallée de la Vésubie
surface form: Vésubie valley
country France
culturalHeritage Franco-Italian
culturalRegion French Riviera
Riviera dei Fiori
surface form: Riviera di Ponente
hasCapital Nice
hasDemonym Nissart
Niçois
hasMajorCity Antibes NERFINISHED
Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Cagnes-sur-Mer NERFINISHED
Cannes
Grasse NERFINISHED
Menton
Nice
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
surface form: Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

Vence
Villefranche-sur-Mer NERFINISHED
historicalLanguage French
Italian
Niçard Occitan
historicallyRuledBy France
House of Savoy
Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED
historicalStatus borderland between France and Italy
knownFor Mediterranean climate
olive cultivation
tourism
viticulture
locatedIn southeastern France
locatedOn Mediterranean coast
modernSuccessor Alpes-Maritimes
surface form: Alpes-Maritimes department
partOf Alpes-Maritimes
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur NERFINISHED
preAnnexationCountry Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED
religionHistoricallyDominant Roman Catholicism

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Turin (1860) cededTerritory County of Nice
Niçard Occitan historicalRegion County of Nice
House of Savoy lostTerritory County of Nice
André Masséna placeOfBirth County of Nice
Nissart region County of Nice
Niçard region County of Nice