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2. Nice - Wikipedia

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   Nice (/ n iː s / NEESS; French pronunciation: ⓘ; Italian: Nizza; Ligurian: Nissa; Occitan: Niça) [a] is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million [4] [3] on an area of 744 km 2 (287 sq mi). [3]

3. Southern France - Wikipedia

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   Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as le Midi, [1] [2] is a geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin, [3] Spain, the Mediterranean Sea and Italy.

4. French Riviera - Wikipedia

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   In 1864, six years after Nice became part of France following the Second Italian War of Independence the first railway was completed, making Nice and the Riviera accessible to visitors from all over Europe. One hundred thousand visitors arrived in 1865. By 1874, residents of foreign enclaves in Nice, most of whom were British, numbered 25,000.

5. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Wikipedia

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   The region is roughly coterminous with the former French province of Provence, with the addition of the following adjacent areas: the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin; the former Sardinian-Piedmontese County of Nice annexed in 1860, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera and in French as the Côte d'Azur; and the southeastern part of the former ...

6. Regions of France - Wikipedia

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   France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (French: régions, singular région), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status).

7. South of France Championships - Wikipedia

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   The South of France Championships [1] its original name or Championnats du Sud de la France also known as the Championships of the South of France and the Championship of Southern France was a tennis event held from 1895 through 1971 it was originally played at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice, France.