# County of Nice
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{{Short description|Historical region now part of France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox country
| native_name = {{native name|oc-provenc|Contèa de Niça}}
{{native name|it|Contea di Nizza}}
{{native name|fr|Comté de Nice}}
{{native name|la-x-medieval|Comitatus Nicaeensis}}
| conventional_long_name = County of Nice
| common_name = Nice, County
| religion = [Roman Catholicism](/source/Roman_Catholicism)
| image_flag = Comte de Nice flag.svg
| image_flag2 = Drapèu de la Contèa de Niça.svg
| flag_type = Flag (variants)
| image_coat = Arms of Nice.svg
| image_map = County of Nice.png
| image_map_caption = The county inside modern France.
| subdivision =
| nation =
| capital = [Nice](/source/Nice)
| flag_s1 = Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg
| today = [Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur](/source/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d'Azur),
France
| year_start = 1388
| status = County within the [Savoyard state](/source/Savoyard_state)
| year_end = 1860
| common_languages = [Niçard](/source/Ni%C3%A7ard_dialect), Italian, French
| event_start = Dedication of Nice to [Savoy](/source/Savoyard_state)
| event_end = [Treaty of Turin](/source/Treaty_of_Turin_(1860))
| p1 = Provence{{!}}County of Provence
| s1 = Second French Empire{{!}}France
| flag_p1 = Drapeau de Provence « ancien ».svg
| event1 = Part of [County of Savoy](/source/County_of_Savoy)
| date_event1 = 1388–1416
| event2 = Part of [Savoyard State](/source/Savoyard_State)
| date_event2 = 1416–1720
| event3 = Part of [Sardinia-Piedmont-Savoy](/source/Sardinia-Piedmont-Savoy)
| date_event3 = 1720–1796
| event4 = [French conquest](/source/Treaty_of_Paris_(1796))
| date_event4 = 1796–1814
| event5 = Part of [Kingdom of Sardinia](/source/Kingdom_of_Sardinia)
| date_event5 = 1814–1860
| event6 = [Perfect Fusion](/source/Perfect_Fusion)
| date_event6 = 1847
| currency = [Piedmontese scudo](/source/Piedmontese_scudo) (to 1816)
[French franc](/source/French_franc) (1800–1814)
[Sardinian lira](/source/Sardinian_lira) (1816–1848)
}}
The '''County of Nice''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|Comté de Nice / Pays Niçois}}; {{langx|it|Contea di Nizza / Paese Nizzardo}}; [Niçard](/source/Ni%C3%A7ard_dialect) {{langx|oc|Contèa de Niça / País Niçard}}) was a historical region of France and Italy located around the southeastern city of [Nice](/source/Nice) and roughly equivalent to the modern [arrondissement of Nice](/source/arrondissement_of_Nice). It was part of the [Savoyard state](/source/Savoyard_state).
==History==
Its territory lies between the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) ([Côte d'Azur](/source/French_Riviera)), [Var River](/source/Var_(river)) and the southernmost crest of the [Alps](/source/Alps).
[Ligurian](/source/Ligures) tribes populated the County of Nice prior to its occupation by the [Romans](/source/Roman_Empire). These tribes, conquered by [Augustus](/source/Augustus), had become fully [Romanized](/source/Romanization_(cultural)) (according to [Theodore Mommsen](/source/Theodore_Mommsen)) by the 4th century, when the [barbarian invasions](/source/Migration_Period) began.
The [Franks](/source/Franks) conquered the region after the [Fall of the Western Roman Empire](/source/Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire), and the local Romance populations became integrated within the [County of Provence](/source/County_of_Provence), with a period of independence as a [maritime republic](/source/maritime_republic) (1108–1176). It was initially a semi-autonomous part of the ancient County of Provence.
===The domain of the House of Savoy (1388{{ndash}}1860)===
[[File:Lands of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy.PNG|thumbnail|left|The County of Nice as part of the [Savoyard State](/source/Savoyard_State).]]
Nice became part of the domains of the [House of Savoy](/source/House_of_Savoy) on 28 September 1388, with which [Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy](/source/Amadeus_VII%2C_Count_of_Savoy), taking advantage of the internal struggles in [Provence](/source/Provence), negotiated with Giovanni Grimaldi, baron of [Boglio](/source/Beuil) (governor of Nice and the Eastern Provence) the passage of Nice and the [Ubaye Valley](/source/Ubaye_Valley) to the Savoy domains, with the name of ''Terre Nuove di Provenza''. The ''Terre Nuove'' then took the name of County of Nice in 1526, where in this context the term "county" was used in an administrative and not a feudal sense.
On 25 October 1561, following the Edict of Rivoli, Italian replaced Latin as the language for drafting the official documents of the County of Nice.
[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy](/source/Charles_Emmanuel_I%2C_Duke_of_Savoy), made Nice a free port in 1614 and established a senate there. The revolt of the count of Boglio was put down in 1621 and from that moment the county experienced a period of stability, unlike the nearby Provence battered by the revolts. Hostilities with France recommenced during the 17th century and the county was subjected to French occupation twice (1691–1697 and 1707–1713).
[[File:Plan-Nice-1624.jpg|thumb|[Nice](/source/Nice) in 1624, when it was called ''Nizza'']]
During the 18th century the border between the county of Nice and France was rectified several times. The first time in 1718, when [Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia](/source/Victor_Amadeus_II_of_Sardinia) repurchased the upper Varo valley with [Entraunes](/source/Entraunes) and [Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes](/source/Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes) in exchange for municipality of [Le Mas](/source/Le_Mas), and a second time with the Treaty of Turin of 24 March 1760, with which the Savoys ceded [Gattières](/source/Gatti%C3%A8res) and the right bank of the [Esterone](/source/Est%C3%A9ron) river to France, in exchange for the areas of [Guglielmi](/source/Guillaumes) and [La Penna](/source/La_Penne), which passed to Savoyard possessions.
In 1789, Nice was a counter-revolutionary center; the [Army of the Midi](/source/Army_of_the_Midi) of the [young French Republic](/source/French_First_Republic), under the command of General [Jacques Bernard d'Anselme](/source/Jacques_Bernard_d'Anselme), entered the city on 29 September 1792. The following 31 January, the [National Convention](/source/National_Convention) ordered the integration of the county into French territory and the creation of the [Alpes-Maritimes department](/source/Alpes-Maritimes). During the period of the French occupation, the popular movement of barbetism was active in the territory of the County, loyal to the House of Savoy.
On 23 April 1814 the county returned under the control of the King [Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia](/source/Victor_Emmanuel_I_of_Sardinia), while the Principality of [Monaco](/source/Monaco) passed from the French to the Sardinian [protectorate](/source/protectorate). With the outbreak of national [uprisings of 1848](/source/Revolutions_of_1848), the Monegasque towns of [Menton](/source/Menton) and [Roquebrune](/source/Roquebrune-Cap-Martin) rebelled against their prince and became free cities administered by the House of Savoy, the [Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune](/source/Free_Cities_of_Menton_and_Roquebrune).
===Annexation to France (1860)===
[[File:County of nice.svg|thumbnail|left|A map of the County of Nice showing the area of the [Kingdom of Sardinia](/source/Kingdom_of_Sardinia_(1720%E2%80%931861)) annexed in 1860 to France (light brown). The area in red had already become part of France before 1860.]]
After the [Treaty of Turin](/source/Treaty_of_Turin_(1860)) was signed in 1860 between the [Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia](/source/Victor_Emmanuel_II_of_Italy) and [Napoleon III](/source/Napoleon_III) as a consequence of the [Plombières Agreement](/source/Plombi%C3%A8res_Agreement), the county was again and definitively ceded to France as a territorial reward for French assistance in the [Second Italian War of Independence](/source/Second_Italian_War_of_Independence) against [Austria](/source/Austrian_Empire), which saw [Lombardy](/source/Lombardy) united with the [Kingdom of Sardinia](/source/Kingdom_of_Sardinia_(1720%E2%80%931861)). King Victor-Emmanuel II, on 1 April 1860, solemnly asked the population to accept the change of sovereignty, in the name of Italian unity, and the cession was ratified by a regional [referendum](/source/referendum). [Italophile](/source/Italophile) manifestations and the acclamation of an "Italian Nice" by the crowd were reported on this occasion.[{{Cite book |last=Ruggiero |first=Alain |title=Nouvelle Histoire de Nice |year=2006 |language=fr}}] A referendum was held on 15 and 16 April 1860. The opponents of annexation called for abstention, hence the very high abstention rate. The "yes" vote won 83% of registered voters throughout the county of Nice, and 86% in Nice, partly due to pressure from the authorities.[{{cite book |editor-last= Ruggiero |editor-first=Alain |title=Nouvelle histoire de Nice |location=Toulouse |publisher=Privat |year=2006 |isbn=978-2-7089-8335-9 |pages=17–18}}] This was the result of a masterful operation of information control by the French and Piedmontese governments, to influence the outcome of the vote in relation to the decisions already taken.[{{Cite journal |last=Kendall Adams |first=Charles |date=1873 |title=Universal Suffrage under Napoleon III |journal=The North American Review |volume=0117 |pages=360–370}}] The irregularities in the referendum voting operations were evident. The case of Levens is emblematic: the same official sources recorded, faced with only 407 voters, 481 votes cast, naturally almost all in favor of joining France.[{{Cite book |last=Dotto De' Dauli |first=Carlo |title=Nizza, o Il confine d'Italia ad Occidente |year=1873 |language=it}}]
The Italian language was the official language of the County, used by the Church, the town hall, taught in schools, used in theaters and at the Opera; though it was immediately abolished and replaced by French.[{{Cite journal |last=Large |first=Didier |date=1996 |title=La situation linguistique dans le comté de Nice avant le rattachement à la France |journal=Recherches régionales Côte d'Azur et contrées limitrophes}}][{{Cite book |last=Paul Gubbins and Mike Holt |title=Beyond Boundaries: Language and Identity in Contemporary Europe |year=2002 |pages=91–100 |language=En}}] Discontent over annexation to France led to the emigration of a large part of the Italophile population, also accelerated by Italian unification after 1861. A quarter of the population of Nice, around 11,000 people from Nice, decided to voluntarily exile themselves to Italy.[{{Cite book |last=Peirone |first=Fulvio |title=Per Torino da Nizza e Savoia. Le opzioni del 1860 per la cittadinanza torinese, da un fondo dell'archivio storico della città di Torino |year=2011 |location=Turin |language=it}}][{{cite web |date=28 August 2017 |title="Un nizzardo su quattro prese la via dell'esilio" in seguito all'unità d'Italia, dice lo scrittore Casalino Pierluigi |url=https://www.montecarlonews.it/2017/08/28/notizie/argomenti/altre-notizie-1/articolo/un-nizzardo-su-quattro-prese-la-via-dellesilio-in-seguito-allunita-ditalia-dice-lo-scrittore.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219165302/http://www.montecarlonews.it/2017/08/28/notizie/argomenti/altre-notizie-1/articolo/un-nizzardo-su-quattro-prese-la-via-dellesilio-in-seguito-allunita-ditalia-dice-lo-scrittore.html |archive-date=19 February 2020 |access-date=14 May 2021 |language=it}}] The emigration of a quarter of the [Niçard Italians](/source/Ni%C3%A7ard_Italians) to Italy was known as the [Niçard exodus](/source/Ni%C3%A7ard_exodus).[{{cite web|url=https://www.montecarlonews.it/2017/08/28/notizie/argomenti/altre-notizie-1/articolo/un-nizzardo-su-quattro-prese-la-via-dellesilio-in-seguito-allunita-ditalia-dice-lo-scrittore.html|title="Un nizzardo su quattro prese la via dell'esilio" in seguito all'unità d'Italia, dice lo scrittore Casalino Pierluigi|date=28 August 2017 |access-date=14 May 2021|language=it}}]
Many Italians from Nice then moved to the Ligurian towns of [Ventimiglia](/source/Ventimiglia), [Bordighera](/source/Bordighera) and [Ospedaletti](/source/Ospedaletti),[{{Cite web |title=Nizza e il suo futuro |url=http://www.liberanissa.eu/archives/nizza_e_il_suo_futuro/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203025523/http://www.liberanissa.eu/archives/nizza_e_il_suo_futuro/index.html |archive-date=3 February 2019 |access-date=26 December 2018 |publisher=Liberà Nissa |language=it}}] giving rise to a local branch of the movement of the [Italian irredentists](/source/Italia_irredenta) which considered the reacquisition of Nice to be one of their nationalist goals. [Giuseppe Garibaldi](/source/Giuseppe_Garibaldi), born in Nice, strongly opposed the cession to France, arguing that the ballot was rigged by the French. Furthermore, for the niçard general his hometown was unquestionably Italian. Politically, the liberals of Nice and the partisans of Garibaldi also appreciated very little Napoleonic authoritarianism. Elements on the right (aristocrats) as on the left (Garibaldians) therefore wanted Nice to return to Italy. Savoy was also transferred to the French crown by similar means.
[[File:Les manifestations pro-italiennes à Nice du 1871.jpg|thumb|Pro-Italian protests in Nice, 1871, during the [Niçard Vespers](/source/Ni%C3%A7ard_Vespers)]]
In 1871, during the first free elections in the County, the pro-Italian lists obtained almost all the votes in the legislative elections (26,534 votes out of 29,428 votes cast), and Garibaldi was elected deputy at the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(France)). Pro-Italians take to the streets cheering ''"Viva Nizza! Viva Garibaldi!"'' The French government sent 10,000 soldiers to Nice, closed the Italian newspaper ''Il Diritto di Nizza'' and imprisoned several demonstrators. The population of Nice rose from 8 to 10 February, and the three days of demonstration became known as "[Niçard Vespers](/source/Ni%C3%A7ard_Vespers)". The revolt was suppressed by French troops. On 13 February, Garibaldi was not allowed to speak at the French parliament meeting in Bordeaux to ask for the reunification of Nice to the [newborn Italian unitary state](/source/Kingdom_of_Italy), and he resigned from his post as deputy.[{{Cite journal |last=Courrière |first=Henri |date=2007 |title=Les troubles de février 1871 à Nice |journal=Cahiers de la Méditerranée|issue=74 |pages=179–208 |doi=10.4000/cdlm.2693 |url=https://journals.openedition.org/cdlm/2693 |url-access=subscription }}] The failure of Vespers led to the expulsion of the last pro-Italian intellectuals from Nice, such as Luciano Mereu or Giuseppe Bres, who were expelled or deported.
The pro-Italian irredentist movement persisted throughout 1860–1914, despite the repression carried out since the annexation. The French government implemented a policy of Francization of society, language and culture.[{{Cite book |last=Paul Gubbins and Mine Holt |title=Beyond Boundaries: Language and Identity in Contemporary Europe |year=2002 |pages=91–100}}] The toponyms of the communes of the ancient County have been francized, with the obligation to use French in Nice,[{{cite web|url=http://www.aiig.altervista.org/Nizzardo/IL%20NIZZARDO%20NEI%20SUOI%20ASPETTI%20GEOGRAFICI.pdf|title=Il Nizzardo|access-date=17 May 2021|language=it}}] as well as certain surnames (for example the Italian surname "Bianchi" was francized into "Leblanc", and the Italian surname "Del Ponte" was francized into "Dupont").[{{cite web|url=https://www.limesonline.com/unitalia-sconfinata/2845|title=Un'Italia sconfinata|date=20 February 2009 |access-date=17 May 2021|language=it}}]
Italian-language newspapers in Nice were banned. In 1861, ''La Voce di Nizza'' was closed (temporarily reopened during the Niçard Vespers), followed by ''Il Diritto di Nizza'', closed in 1871.[[Davide Rodogno](/source/Davide_Rodogno). ''Il nuovo ordine mediterraneo – Le politiche di occupazione dell'Italia fascista in Europa (1940–1943)'' p.120-122 (In italian)]
The Italian occupation government was far less severe than that of [Vichy France](/source/Vichy_France); thus, thousands of Jews took refuge there. For a while, Nice became an important mobilization center for various Jewish organizations. However, when the Italians signed the [Armistice of Cassibile](/source/Armistice_of_Cassibile) with the Allies, German troops invaded the region on 8 September 1943, and initiated brutal raids. [Alois Brunner](/source/Alois_Brunner), the SS official for Jewish affairs, was placed at the head of units formed to search for Jews. Within five months, 5,000 Jews were caught and deported.[{{cite book|last=Paldiel|first=Mordecai|authorlink=Mordecai Paldiel|title=Saving the Jews: Amazing Stories of Men and Women who Defied the "final Solution"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gRdUvDLC3pgC&pg=PA281|year=2000|publisher=Schreiber|isbn=978-1-887563-55-0|page=281}}]
The area was returned to France following the war and in 1947, the areas of [La Brigue](/source/La_Brigue) and [Tende](/source/Tende), which had remained Italian after 1860 were ceded to [France](/source/French_Fourth_Republic). Thereafter, a quarter of the [Niçard Italians](/source/Ni%C3%A7ard_Italians) living in that mountainous area moved to [Piedmont](/source/Piedmont) and [Liguria](/source/Liguria) in Italy (mainly from the [Roya Valley](/source/Roya_(river)) and Tenda).[[http://www.intemelion.it Intemelion]]
==Creation of Alpes-Maritimes==
[[File:Vieille Ville, Nice, France - panoramio (23).jpg|thumb|The statue {{lang|fr|[Neuf Lignes Obliques](/source/Neuf_Lignes_Obliques)}} on the {{lang|fr|[Promenade des Anglais](/source/Promenade_des_Anglais)|italic=no}}, that commemorates the 150th year of Nice's annexation to France]]
As the county was too small to form its own department, the Government of France added it to the [arrondissement of Grasse](/source/arrondissement_of_Grasse), detached from the neighboring [Var](/source/Var_(department)) department, to create the {{lang|fr|[Alpes-Maritimes](/source/Alpes-Maritimes)|italic=no}} department. Since 1926, the county has been largely coterminous with the [arrondissement of Nice](/source/arrondissement_of_Nice), one of two arrondissements of the {{lang|fr|Alpes-Maritimes|italic=no}}, in the {{lang|fr|[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur](/source/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d'Azur)|italic=npo}} [region](/source/regions_of_France). Nevertheless, the term County of Nice ({{lang|oc|Countea de Nissa}} in [Niçard dialect](/source/Ni%C3%A7ard_dialect)) continues to be in use to identify the territory as a distinct cultural and historical region, particularly to distinguish it from the neighboring [Provence](/source/Provence).
The historical language used by inhabitants of the County of Nice was Niçard, though it has been almost entirely supplanted by French since 1860. Since 2010, the statue {{lang|fr|[Neuf Lignes Obliques](/source/Neuf_Lignes_Obliques)}} on the {{lang|fr|[Promenade des Anglais](/source/Promenade_des_Anglais)|italic=no}} commemorates the 150th year of Nice's annexation.
==Francization of the toponyms of the municipalities of the County of Nice==
The [Francization](/source/Francization) of the toponyms of the municipalities of the County of Nice was the process, imposed by the French authorities, of replacing the official Italian toponyms with francized names for its 101 municipalities which formed the [arrondissement of Nice](/source/arrondissement_of_Nice) after the annexation to France in 1861 following the [Treaty of Turin](/source/Treaty_of_Turin_(1860)) (for some territories in 1947 following the [Treaty of Paris](/source/Treaty_of_Paris_between_Italy_and_the_Allied_Powers)).[Guido Lucarno, ''La toponomastica come affermazione della sovranità nazionale: Alpi Marittime'', proceedings of the International Conference "Places and Times of Cartography", 20–22 April 2005, on "Bulletin of the Italian Cartography Association", December 2005][{{cite book|first=Guglielmo|last=Stefani|title=Dizionario generale geografico-statistico degli Stati Sardi|publisher=Cugini Pomba e Comp. Editore|year=1855|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d3s5AAAAcAAJ|access-date=14 January 2023|language=it}}]
{| class="wikitable"
! Italian name || French name || Notes
|-
|Ascroso || [Ascros](/source/Ascros) || Scroso was also used in Italian.
|-
|Aspromonte di Nizza || [Aspremont](/source/Aspremont%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
|-
|Auvara ||[Auvare](/source/Auvare)||
|-
|Belluogo || [Beaulieu-sur-Mer](/source/Beaulieu-sur-Mer) ||
|-
|Belvedere || [Belvédère](/source/Belv%C3%A9d%C3%A8re) ||
|-
|Bendigiuno || [Bendejun](/source/Bendejun) ||
|-
|Berra || [Berre-les-Alpes](/source/Berre-les-Alpes) || Until 1997 ''Berre-des-Alpes''.
|-
|Blausasco || [Blausasc](/source/Blausasc)|| Use of the [Occitan](/source/Occitan_language) name.
|-
|Boglio || [Beuil](/source/Beuil) ||
|-
|Bolena || [La Bollène-Vésubie](/source/La_Boll%C3%A8ne-V%C3%A9subie) ||
|-
|Bonsone || [Bonson](/source/Bonson%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) || Use of the [Occitan](/source/Occitan_language) name.
|-
|Breglio || [Breil-sur-Roya](/source/Breil-sur-Roya) || Municipality annexed in 1861. In 1947 the {{lang|it|[frazioni](/source/Frazione)}} of Piena and Libri were annexed, detached from the Italian municipality of [Olivetta San Michele](/source/Olivetta_San_Michele) ([province of Imperia](/source/province_of_Imperia)).
|-
|Briga Marittima||[La Brigue](/source/La_Brigue)|| Until 1947 in [province of Cuneo](/source/province_of_Cuneo) it was known as from 1947 to 1976 as ''La Brigue de Nice''.
|-
|Cantarone || [Cantaron](/source/Cantaron) ||
|-
|Castagnera ||[Castagniers](/source/Castagniers) ||
|-
|Castellaro || [Castellar](/source/Castellar%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
|-
|Castelnuovo d'Entraunes || [Châteauneuf-d'Entraunes](/source/Ch%C3%A2teauneuf-d'Entraunes) ||
|-
|Castelnuovo Villavecchia || [Châteauneuf-Villevieille](/source/Ch%C3%A2teauneuf-Villevieille) ||
|-
|Castiglione di Mentone || [Castillon](/source/Castillon%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
|-
|Cigala || [Sigale](/source/Sigale) ||Cigalla, Sigalla and Sigalle were also used in Italian.
|-
|Clanzo || [Clans](/source/Clans%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) || Use of the [Occitan](/source/Occitan_language) name.
|-
|Coarazza || [Coaraze](/source/Coaraze) ||
|-
|Colomarte || [Colomars](/source/Colomars) ||
|-
|Conti||[Contes](/source/Contes%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
|-
|Daluis || [Daluis](/source/Daluis)||
|-
|Drappo || [Drap](/source/Drap) ||
|-
|Duranusso || [Duranus](/source/Duranus) || Duranuzzo was also used in Italian.
|-
|Eza || [Èze](/source/%C3%88ze) ||
|-
|Falicone || [Falicon](/source/Falicon) || Use of the [Occitan](/source/Occitan_language) name.
|-
|Giletta || [Gilette](/source/Gilette) ||
|-
|Gorbio || [Gorbio](/source/Gorbio) || Use of the Italian name.
|-
|Guglielmi || [Guillaumes](/source/Guillaumes) ||
|-
|Ilonza || [Ilonse](/source/Ilonse) ||
|-
|Isola || [Isola](/source/Isola%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) || Use of the Italian name. In 1976 the ski resort of [Isola 2000](/source/Isola_2000) was founded.
|-
|La Penna || [La Penne](/source/La_Penne) ||
|-
|La Torre || [La Tour](/source/La_Tour%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
|-
|Lantosca || [Lantosque](/source/Lantosque) ||
|-
|Levenzo || [Levens](/source/Levens%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
|-
|Lieucia || [Lieuche](/source/Lieuche) ||
|-
|Lucerame || [Lucéram](/source/Luc%C3%A9ram) ||
|-
|Malaussena ||[Malaussène](/source/Malauss%C3%A8ne) ||
|-
|Maria || [Marie](/source/Marie%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
|-
|Massone || [Massoins](/source/Massoins) ||
|-
|Mentone || [Menton](/source/Menton) || Until 1848, it was part of the [Principality of Monaco](/source/Principality_of_Monaco), then part of the [Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune](/source/Free_Cities_of_Menton_and_Roquebrune) (1848) and later part of the County of Nice until 1860.
|-
|Molinetto || [Moulinet](/source/Moulinet%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
|-
|'''Nizza''' || '''[Nice](/source/Nice)''' || In Italian, Nizza Marittima and Nizza di Provenza were also used so as not to confuse it with the Italian municipality of [Nizza Monferrato](/source/Nizza_Monferrato) ([province of Asti](/source/province_of_Asti)).
|-
|Peglio Marittimo || [Peille](/source/Peille) ||
|-
|Peglione || [Peillon](/source/Peillon) ||
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|Peona || [Péone](/source/P%C3%A9one) ||
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|Pietrafuoco || [Pierrefeu](/source/Pierrefeu) ||
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|Poggetto Tenieri || [Puget-Théniers](/source/Puget-Th%C3%A9niers) ||
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|Quebris || [Cuébris](/source/Cu%C3%A9bris) ||
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|Rimplasso || [Rimplas](/source/Rimplas) ||
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|Robione || [Roubion](/source/Roubion) ||
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|Roccabigliera || [Roquebillière](/source/Roquebilli%C3%A8re)|| Roccabellera was also used in Italian.
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|Roccabruna || [Roquebrune-Cap-Martin](/source/Roquebrune-Cap-Martin) || In Italian ''Roccabruna sul Capo Martino'' was also used. Up to 1848, it was part of the [Principality of Monaco](/source/Principality_of_Monaco), then part of the [Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune](/source/Free_Cities_of_Menton_and_Roquebrune) (1848) and later of the County of Nice up to 1860.
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|Roccasterone || [Roquesteron](/source/Roquesteron) ||
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|Rocchetta di Varo || [La Roquette-sur-Var](/source/La_Roquette-sur-Var) ||
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|Rora || [Roure](/source/Roure%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
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|San Biagio || [Saint-Blaise](/source/Saint-Blaise%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
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|San Dalmazzo Selvaggio || [Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage](/source/Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage) || San Dalmazzo Selvatico was also used in Italian.
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|San Giovanni sul Capo Ferrato || [Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat](/source/Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat) ||
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|San Legerio || [Saint-Léger](/source/Saint-L%C3%A9ger%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
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|San Martino del Varo || [Saint-Martin-du-Var](/source/Saint-Martin-du-Var) ||
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|San Martino d'Entraunes || [Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes](/source/Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes) ||
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|San Martino Lantosca || [Saint-Martin-Vésubie](/source/Saint-Martin-V%C3%A9subie) ||
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|San Salvatore di Tinea || [Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée](/source/Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tin%C3%A9e) ||
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|Sant'Andrea di Nizza || [Saint-André-de-la-Roche](/source/Saint-Andr%C3%A9-de-la-Roche) ||
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|Sant'Antonino || [Saint-Antonin](/source/Saint-Antonin%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
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|Santo Stefano di Tinea || [Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée](/source/Saint-%C3%89tienne-de-Tin%C3%A9e) ||
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|Saorgio || [Saorge](/source/Saorge) ||
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|Scarena || [L'Escarène](/source/L'Escar%C3%A8ne) ||
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|Sospello || [Sospel](/source/Sospel) ||
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|Tenda || [Tende](/source/Tende) ||Until 1947 in [province of Cuneo](/source/province_of_Cuneo).
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|Tieri || [Thiéry](/source/Thi%C3%A9ry%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
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|Todone || [Toudon](/source/Toudon) ||
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|Toetto di Scarena || [Touët-de-l'Escarène](/source/Tou%C3%ABt-de-l'Escar%C3%A8ne) ||
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|Toetto di Boglio || [Touët-sur-Var](/source/Tou%C3%ABt-sur-Var) || Toetto sul Varo was also used in Italian.
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|Tornaforte || [Tournefort](/source/Tournefort%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) ||
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|Torretta Levenzo || [Tourrette-Levens](/source/Tourrette-Levens) ||
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|Trinità Vittorio || [La Trinité](/source/La_Trinit%C3%A9%2C_Alpes-Maritimes) || In Italian until 1861, it was called ''Trinità Vittorio'' in honor of the [King of Sardinia](/source/King_of_Sardinia) [Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia](/source/Victor_Emmanuel_I_of_Sardinia).
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|Turbia ||[La Turbie](/source/La_Turbie) ||
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|Utello || [Utelle](/source/Utelle) ||
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|Valdiblora || [Valdeblore](/source/Valdeblore) ||
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|Venanzone || [Venanson](/source/Venanson) ||
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|Villafranca Marittima || [Villefranche-sur-Mer](/source/Villefranche-sur-Mer) ||
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|Villar del Varo || [Villars-sur-Var](/source/Villars-sur-Var) ||
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==See also==
* [Bishopric of Nice](/source/Bishopric_of_Nice)
* [Provence](/source/Provence)
* [Italia irredenta](/source/Italia_irredenta)
* [Italian irredentism in Nice](/source/Italian_irredentism_in_Nice)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Sources==
* Amicucci, Ermanno. ''Nizza e l'Italia''. Mondadori Editore. Milano, 1939.
* Barelli Hervé, Rocca Roger. ''Histoire de l'identité niçoise'', Nice: Serre, 1995. {{ISBN|2-86410-223-4}}
* {{cite web|url=http://flagspot.net/flags/fr-ctnic.html |title=County of Nice (Traditional province, France)|website=flagspot.net}} (flag/history).
==External links==
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://bornes.frontieres.free.fr/animation/alpes-maritimes.swf Territorial changes in the history of the County of Nice]
* {{in lang|en|fr|oc}} [http://mtcn.free.fr/ Dances and traditional musics used in the County of Nice]
* {{cite web|url=http://www.antichistati.com/bigmap/samapen.htm |title=Map of the Kingdom of Sardinia |website=www.antichistati.com}}
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