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{{Short description|Department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
{{about|the department|the mountain range after which it is named|Maritime Alps}}
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[[File:Département Alpes-Maritimes logo.svg|thumb|Logo of the department of Alpes-Maritimes]]
'''Alpes-Maritimes''' ({{IPA|fr|alp(ə)maʁitim|lang}}; {{langx|oc|Aups Maritims}}; {{langx|it|Alpi Marittime}}; {{literally|Maritime Alps}}) is a [[Departments of France|department of France]] located in the country's southeast corner, on the [[France–Italy border|Italian border]] and [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast. Part of the [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]], it encompasses the [[French Riviera]] alongside neighbouring [[Var (department)|Var]]. Alpes-Maritimes had a population of 1,094,283 in 2019.<ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep06.pdf Populations légales 2019: 06 Alpes-Maritimes], INSEE</ref> Its [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] (and largest city) is [[Nice]], with [[Grasse]] as the sole [[Subprefectures in France|subprefecture]].

Alpes-Maritimes has become one of the world's most attractive tourist destinations in recent decades, featuring renowned cities and towns such as [[Nice]], [[Grasse]], [[Cannes]], [[Antibes]], [[Menton]], [[Èze]], [[Roquebrune-Cap-Martin]] and [[Sainte-Agnès, Alpes-Maritimes|Sainte-Agnès]], as well as numerous alpine ski resorts.<ref>[https://www.france-montagnes.com/departement/alpes-maritimes France Montagne: Alpes-Maritimes] (in French).</ref> It also entirely surrounds the [[Monaco|Principality of Monaco]]. The department's inhabitants are called ''Maralpins'' (masculine) or ''Maralpines'' (feminine) but are more commonly referred to as "Azuréens"; its flag and arms are those of the City of Nice. In terms of politics, Alpes-Maritimes is one of France's most right-wing departments, as the majority led by [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] in the [[Departmental council (France)|departmental council]] holds all but two of the 54 seats following the [[2021 French departmental elections|2021 election]].

== Geography ==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2022}}

=== Overview ===
The Alpes-Maritimes department is surrounded by the departments of [[Var (department)|Var]] in the southwest, [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] in the northwest; [[Italy]] to the north and east; and the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to the south. It surrounds the [[Monaco|Principality of Monaco]] on the west, north and east.

[[File:Alpes-Maritimes-06w.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Geography of Alpes-Maritimes]]
Its topography is very mixed. As its name suggests, most of the department is a constituent part of the overall topographic Alps – including the [[Maritime Alps]] – but it also has the distinction of being a coastal district with its Mediterranean coast. The coastal area, urbanized and densely populated (shaded in red on the map), includes all the cities in an almost continuous conurbation from [[Cannes]] to [[Menton]], while the larger but sparsely populated mountainous area (light green) is fully rural with the exception of the three large resorts of [[Valberg (ski resort)|Valberg]] (created in 1936), [[Auron (ski resort)|Auron]] (created in 1937) and [[Isola 2000]] (created in 1971).

==== Summits and passes ====
The highest point of the department is the [[Cime du Gélas]] ({{convert|3143|m|disp=comma}}) on the Franco-Italian border which dominates the [[Vallée des Merveilles]] further east. The summit of [[Monte Argentera]] is higher at {{convert|3297|m}} above sea level, but it is located in Italy. There is also [[Mount Mounier]] ({{convert|2817|m|disp=comma}}), which dominates the south of the vast [[Dôme de Barrot]], formed of a mass more than {{convert|900|m}} thick of red mudstones deeply indented by the gorges of [[Daluis]] and [[Cians]]. Except in winter, four passes allow passage to the north of the [[Massif du Mercantour-Argentera|Mercantour-Argentera massif]] whose imposing {{convert|62|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} barrier is covered in winter snow which is visible from the coast. From the west, the [[Route des Grandes Alpes]] enters the [[Cayolle Pass]] ({{convert|2326|m|disp=comma}}) first on the way to the Alps and the sources of the [[Var (river)|Var]] in the commune of [[Entraunes]]. Then the route follows the [[Col de la Bonette]] – the highest pass in Europe at {{convert|2715|m}} – to connect to the valley of the [[Tinée]] then the Ubaye. Further east, the [[Col de la Lombarde]] ({{convert|2350|m|disp=comma}}) above [[Isola 2000]] allows access to the shrine of Saint-Anne de [[Vinadio]] in Italy. Finally, at its eastern end, the [[Col de Tende]] ({{convert|1871|m|disp=comma}}) links with [[Cuneo]] in Italy.

==== Landscape and forest vegetation ====
The only region of the Alps close to Nice has an afforestation rate of 60.9%, slightly higher than the average of the department and well above the average of 39.4% for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://inventaire-forestier.ign.fr/IMG/pdf/PubDep/06-alpes-maritimes/ifn_06_3_alpes_maritimes_2002.pdf |title=Inventaire forestier départemental Alpes-Maritimes: IIIe inventaire 2002 |trans-title=Forest Inventory for the department of Alpes-Maritimes: Third Inventory 2002 |language=fr |publisher=[[Ministry of Agriculture (France)|Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs]] of France |date=2004}}</ref>

The rivers in alphabetical order are:
{{div col|colwidth=10em}}
* [[Aigue Blanche]]
* [[Barlatte]]
* [[Bassera]]
* [[Bendola]]
* [[Bévéra]]
* [[Borrigo]]
* [[Bourdous]]
* Bouyon
* [[Brague]]
* Braisse
* Braus
* [[Cagne]]
* Caramagne
* [[Carei (river)|Carei]]
* Castérine
* [[Chalvagne]]
* [[Cians]]
* [[Cianavelle]]
* Clans
* Coulomb
* [[Estéron]]
* Faye
* [[Fontanalba]]
* Gorbio
* [[Gordolasque]]
* [[Guercha]]
* [[Lévensa]] or Levenza
* [[Loup (river)|Loup]]
* [[Lubiane]]
* [[Maglia (river)|Maglia]]
* [[Magnan (river)|Magnan]]
* [[Malvan (river)|Malvan]]
* [[Mayola]]
* [[Minière]]
* Nieya
* Oglione
* [[Paillon]] (les Paillons)
* [[Raton (river)|Raton]]
* [[Réfréi]]
* Riou
* [[Rioulan]]
* [[Roudoule]]
* [[Roya (river)|Roya]]
* [[Siagne]]
* [[Tinée]]
* Tuébi
* [[Valmasque]]
* [[Var (river)|Var]]
* [[Vésubie]]
* [[Vionène]]
{{div col end}}

=== Climate ===
{{more citations needed section|date=November 2019}}
It is the climate that made the [[French Riviera|Côte d'Azur]] famous. The current department of Alpes-Maritimes, however, does not have only one climate, the complex terrain and high mountains divide the department between those who are well exposed (the south-facing side) and those which are less (the north-facing side) and even with the mild Mediterranean climate there can be violent storms and prolonged droughts.

The coastal area has a [[Mediterranean climate]] (rainfall in autumn [[November]] and spring [[February]] especially, summer drought, mild winter and dry summer). The interior, especially in the north, has a [[mountain climate]] (winter quite bright, summer storms). Around Cannes is a particularly warm micro-climate due to the high hills warming the air which descends on the city.

One of the attractions of the department is its level of sunshine: over 300 days per year. Despite this the department is also the most stormy of France with an average of 70 to 90 thunderstorm days per year, arising from the differences in temperature due to a warm sea in autumn.

As soon as one moves away from the coast, towards the west of the department, the interior plains (in particular near Grasse) the climate is a little less temperate but just as sunny. In summer, the temperature very easily exceeds {{convert|30|C}}, while the average is only {{convert|27|C}} along the Nice coast during July and August. Occasional frost is possible in the interior during winter, unlike in Nice and rest of the coast, where frost is very rare.

In the east of the department, unlike the west, there are no plains. In the [[Menton]] region, the altitude increases very rapidly inland, so the sea tempers the atmosphere much more: the maximum in summer is on average {{convert|25|C}} and the winters are milder than in the interior and frost is very rare.

Snow is also rare along the coast, however, it happens that rare snowfall surprises the Côte d'Azur residents (on average every 5–7 years), as was the case in the winter of 2004–2005 when the city of Nice woke up with a few centimetres of snow, often creating traffic problems. More recently, in February 2010, more than {{convert|10|cm}} of snow was measured in Cannes and nearly {{convert|30|cm}} in the Grasse region.

In the north of the department the climate in the Alps is mountainous, and there is decent snow cover from end of November until late April.

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|location = Nice
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|Jan high C = 13.1
|Feb high C = 13.4
|Mar high C = 15.2
|Apr high C = 17.0
|May high C = 20.7
|Jun high C = 24.3
|Jul high C = 27.3
|Aug high C = 27.7
|Sep high C = 24.6
|Oct high C = 21.0
|Nov high C = 16.6
|Dec high C = 13.8
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|Jan mean C = 9.2
|Feb mean C = 9.7
|Mar mean C = 11.6
|Apr mean C = 13.6
|May mean C = 17.4
|Jun mean C = 20.9
|Jul mean C = 23.8
|Aug mean C = 24.2
|Sep mean C = 21.0
|Oct mean C = 17.4
|Nov mean C = 12.9
|Dec mean C = 10.1
|year mean C = 16.0
|Jan low C = 5.3
|Feb low C = 5.9
|Mar low C = 7.9
|Apr low C = 10.2
|May low C = 14.1
|Jun low C = 17.5
|Jul low C = 20.3
|Aug low C = 20.5
|Sep low C = 17.3
|Oct low C = 13.7
|Nov low C = 9.2
|Dec low C = 6.3
|year low C = 12.4
|Jan precipitation mm = 69.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 44.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 38.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 69.3
|May precipitation mm = 44.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 34.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 12.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 17.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 73.1
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|Nov precipitation mm = 103.9
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|Feb precipitation days = 4.7
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|Nov precipitation days = 7.2
|Dec precipitation days = 6.4
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|Jan sun = 158
|Feb sun = 171
|Mar sun = 217
|Apr sun = 224
|May sun = 267
|Jun sun = 306
|Jul sun = 348
|Aug sun = 316
|Sep sun = 242
|Oct sun = 187
|Nov sun = 149
|Dec sun = 139
|year sun = 2724
|source 1 = [http://www.lameteo.org/index.php/climatologie/1543-normales-climatiques-1981-2010-nice Meteorological data for Nice – 2&nbsp;m altitude, from 1981 to 2010] January 2015 {{in lang|fr}}
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|Rain=733
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|Fog=1
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=== Subdivisions ===
[[File:Alpes-Maritimes.jpeg|thumb|250px|Department map showing its division into the two arrondissements and the location of some of its principal cities and towns]]
Alpes-Maritimes is divided into two [[Arrondissements of the Alpes-Maritimes department|arrondissements]]: [[Arrondissement of Grasse|Grasse]] and [[Arrondissement of Nice|Nice]], twenty-seven [[Cantons of the Alpes-Maritimes department|cantons]] and 163 [[Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department|communes]].<ref name="pop2019" />

As of 1 January 2014, there were seven [[Intercommunality|intercommunalities]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nicematin.com/faits-divers/l-intercommunalite-en-ordre-de-marche-361926 |title=L'intercommunalité en ordre de marche |language=fr |date=16 April 2013 |last=Huault |first=Christian |work=[[Nice-Matin]]}}</ref>
* Four [[Agglomeration communities in France|agglomeration communities]]:
** [[Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis]]
** [[Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins]]
** [[Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Grasse]]
** [[Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française]]
* One [[Métropole|metropolis]]:
** [[Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nicecotedazur.org/|title=Métropole NCA &#124; Accueil|website=www.nicecotedazur.org}}</ref>
* Two [[Communauté de communes|communautés de communes]]:
** {{ill|Communauté de communes du Pays des Paillons|fr}}
** {{ill|Communauté de communes Alpes d'Azur|fr}}

=== Principal communes ===

The most populous commune is the prefecture [[Nice]]. As of 2019, there are 10 communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants:<ref name="pop2019" />

{| class=wikitable
! Commune
! Population (2019)
|-
| [[Nice]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 342,669
|-
| [[Cannes]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 74,545
|-
| [[Antibes]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 73,438
|-
| [[Cagnes-sur-Mer]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 52,178
|-
| [[Grasse]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 48,870
|-
| [[Le Cannet]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 41,887
|-
| [[Menton]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 30,525
|-
| [[Saint-Laurent-du-Var]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 29,169
|-
| [[Vallauris]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 27,364
|-
| [[Mandelieu-la-Napoule]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 21,998
|}

== History ==
{{more citations needed section|date=November 2019}}

The [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] military district of [[Alpes Maritimae]] was created by [[Augustus]] in 14 BC. It became a full [[Roman province]] in the middle of the 1st century AD, with its capital first at [[Cemenelum]] (today [[Cimiez]], a suburb north of [[Nice]]) and subsequently at [[Embrun, Hautes-Alpes|Embrun]]. At its greatest extent in AD 297, the province reached north to [[Digne]] and [[Briançon]].

Conquered by the [[French First Republic]] during the [[French Revolutionary Wars]], a [[Departments of France|department]] of Alpes-Maritimes was first set up in 1793 with different boundaries from those of the modern department. In 1793, Alpes-Maritimes included [[Monaco]] ([[Port Hercules]]), but not [[Grasse]], which was then part of the department of [[Var (department)|Var]] as a historical part of France. In 1805, [[Sanremo|San Remo]] (San Rème) was included after the disbandment of the [[Ligurian Republic]]. In 1812, the department had three [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissements]] with the following [[canton (administrative division)|cantons]]:<ref name=Gallica>[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f364.image Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII], p. 368, accessed in [[Gallica]] 24 July 2013 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
* [[Nice]], cantons: [[Nice]] (2 cantons), [[Aspremont, Alpes-Maritimes|Aspremont]], [[La Brigue]], [[Menton]], [[Monaco]], [[Roquebillière]], [[Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée]], [[Saorge]], [[L'Escarène]], [[Sospel]], [[Utelle]] and [[Villefranche-sur-Mer]].
* [[Sanremo]], cantons: [[Sanremo]], [[Bordighera]], [[Dolceacqua]], [[Pigna, Liguria|Pigna]], [[Taggia]], [[Triora]] and [[Ventimiglia]].
* [[Puget-Théniers]], cantons: [[Puget-Théniers]], [[Beuil]], [[Gilette]], [[Guillaumes]], [[Roquestéron]], [[Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée]] and [[Villars-sur-Var]].
The population of the department in 1812 was 131,266, and its area was {{Convert|3226.74|km2}}, covering both present-day [[Arrondissement of Nice]], [[Principality of Monaco]] and [[Province of Imperia]].<ref name=Gallica />

In 1814, at the close of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], the territory was restored to the [[Crown of Savoy]] by the [[Congress of Vienna]].

In 1860 [[Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour]], one of the architects of Italian unity with the [[Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia]], negotiated support for [[Napoleon III]] in exchange for [[Savoy]] and the [[County of Nice]] as set forth in the [[Treaty of Turin (1860)|Treaty of Turin]]. The annexation was confirmed on 15 and 16 April 1860 by 30,712 male electors enrolled in the 89 communes of the County of Nice who, for the first time, had universal male suffrage by [[plebiscite]]. The "Yes" vote for reunification with France was 83.8% of registered voters and 99.2% of votes.<ref>Table of Results pages 319 to 320 in ''La réunion de Nice à la France'' by Paul Gonnet, Les Éditions du Cabri, Breil-sur-Roya, 2003, 343 pages, {{ISBN|9782914603102}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

The new department of Alpes-Maritimes consisted of the former County of Nice, divided into an [[Arrondissement of Nice]] and an Arrondissement of [[Puget-Théniers]] (both arrondissements existed in the former Department (1793–1814)), and a portion of the [[Var department]], which formed the [[Arrondissement of Grasse]]. However, the County of Nice did not include [[Tende]] and [[La Brigue]], which were still part of Piedmont-Sardinia.

For economic reasons, the Arrondissement of Puget-Théniers was merged into the Arrondissement of Nice in 1926.  Since that time, the department has had two [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissements]].

In 1947, in accordance with the [[Paris Peace Treaties, 1947|Treaty of Paris]] and as a referendum result favourable to their attachment to France, the communes of [[Tende]] and [[La Brigue]] (also parts of communes in the high valleys of Vésubie and Tinée: part the commune of [[Isola, Alpes-Maritimes|Isola]]) which had not been ceded to France in 1860, were attached to the department.

=== Heraldry ===
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Arms of Nice.svg
|legend1=Arms of Alpes-Maritimes and Nice
|text=

'''Blazon:'''<br />
''Argent, an eagle crowned of gules displayed with wings inverted, on a mountain of three hillocks sable issuant from the pointed waves of a sea azure waved in argent.''
}}

== Administration ==
=== Politics ===
[[File:2T Législatives 2017 Alpes-Maritimes.svg|thumb|Constituencies of Alpes-Maritimes for the National Assembly of France. Blue: [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]. Yellow: [[La République En Marche!]] ([[2017 French legislative election|2017]]).]]
Since the end of [[World War II]], Alpes-Maritimes has generally voted to the right. It has nine constituencies for the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]. Following the [[2017 French legislative election|2017 legislative election]], six constituencies are represented by members of [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] (LR) right-wing party and three by members of the [[La République En Marche!]] (REM) centrist party. Of the five members of the [[Senate (France)|Senate]] who represent the department in the upper house of Parliament, four are right-wing (LR) and one is left-wing ([[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]], PS). Of the 54 departmental councillors, 52 are aligned with the right-wing coalition and two are in the left-wing opposition.

In the [[2022 French presidential election]], [[Marine Le Pen]] of the [[National Rally]] won a plurality in Alpes-Maritimes in the first round; incumbent [[Emmanuel Macron]] of [[La République En Marche!]] won a majority in the second round.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Alpes-Maritimes experienced [[Corruption in France|corruption]] problems with its politicians, which led to several criminal convictions, including those of Nice Mayor [[Jacques Médecin]] and Cannes Mayor [[Michel Mouillot]], as well as that of Antibes Mayor Pierre Merli, criminally indicted in 1995 for a real estate scam and convicted four years later.

==== Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes ====

The [[List of presidents of departmental councils (France)|President of the Departmental Council]] has been Charles-Ange Ginésy since 2017, who took office upon succeeding [[Éric Ciotti]]. Ciotti remained a councillor and became majority leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/nice/charles-ange-ginesy-est-nouveau-president-du-conseil-departemental-alpes-maritimes-1328555.html|title=Charles-Ange Ginésy est le nouveau président du conseil départemental des Alpes-Maritimes|website=francetvinfo.fr|date=15 September 2017 |access-date=28 March 2018}}</ref> Ginésy, who has been a councillor for the [[canton of Vence]] since 2015, has held a seat in the council since 2003. He also was Mayor of [[Péone]] (2001–2017) and the [[Member of Parliament (France)|MP]] for [[Alpes-Maritimes's 2nd constituency]] (2005–2007; 2007–2008; 2009–2010; 2012–2017). Both are members of [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] (LR).

The coalition majority in the departmental council is one of the largest majorities in any such institution in France. Out of the 54 seats, only two are held by left-wing councillors, both elected in the [[canton of Grasse-2]]. In neighbouring [[Var (department)|Var]], the right-wing coalition also holds all but two seats in the departmental council, although it is made up of fewer seats and the two councillors in opposition are members of the far-right [[National Rally]] (RN). Following the [[2021 French departmental elections|2021 departmental election]], the seats were allocated as follows in Alpes-Maritimes:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!colspan=2| Party || Seats
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] ||align="right"| 45
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Miscellaneous Right}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Miscellaneous right]] ||align="right"| 5
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==== Representation in Parliament ====
===== Members of the National Assembly =====
Alpes-Maritimes elected the following [[Deputy (France)|MPs]] to the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] in the [[2024 French legislative election|2024 legislative election]]:

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}</ref>!!Affiliation
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency]]
| [[Éric Ciotti]]
| [[UDR group|UDR]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Lionel Tivoli]]
| [[National Rally]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Horizons (political party)}};"|
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 3rd constituency]]
|[[Bernard Chaix]]
|[[UDR group|UDR]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 4th constituency]]
| [[Alexandra Masson]]
| [[National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 5th constituency]]
| [[Christelle d'Intorni]]
| [[UDR group|UDR]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 6th constituency]]
| [[Bryan Masson]]
| [[National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 7th constituency]]
| [[Éric Pauget]]
| [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 8th constituency]]
| [[Alexandra Martin (born 1968)|Alexandra Martin]]
| [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Alpes-Maritimes's 9th constituency]]
| [[Michèle Tabarot]]
| [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
|}

===== Senators =====
{{See also|List of senators of Alpes-Maritimes}}
As of 2025, the department's five senators are [[Alexandra Borchio-Fontimp]] (LR, since 2020), [[Jean-Marc Delia]] (LR, since 2025), [[Patricia Demas]] (LR, since 2020), [[Dominique Estrosi Sassone]] (LR, since 2014) and [[Henri Leroy (politician)|Henri Leroy]] (LR, since 2017).

=== Budget ===
In 2011, the draft departmental budget amounted to €1.3 billion of which 498 million (38.3%) was devoted to social action and 346 million to operations (26.6%).<ref name="CG06-budget">[http://www.cg06.fr/fr/le-cg06/les-alpes-maritimes-institution/organisation-budgetaire/budget-2011/le-budget-2011/ Budget 2011], Official site of the General Council of Alpes-Maritimes. Consulted on 1 July 2011. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> Capital expenditures was just over 250 million euros (19.2%).<ref name="CG06-budget" />

In 2010, the department was the third most indebted in France with €942 million of debt or 68.4% of the annual budget.<ref name="jdn-dette">[http://www.journaldunet.com/economie/magazine/dette-departement/dette-alpes-maritimes.shtml Alpes-Maritimes], Le Journal du Net. Consulted on 1 July 2011. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> This debt amounted to 2,460 euros per [[Income splitting|fiscal tax unit]] (household) and 859 euros per person.<ref name="jdn-dette" /> The trend of change in debt over the last decade has been a sharp increase: + 440% between 2001 and 2009 and 26% between 2009 and 2010.<ref name="jdn-dette" /> There was only €43 million in debt in 2003.

=== Projects ===
The Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes is currently sponsoring several large projects:<ref>''Register of Competitivity'', 29 January 2009. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
* construction of 10 residential facilities for the elderly
* building dykes in the [[Var (river)|Var]] plain
* creation of a STIC (science and information technology and communication) campus at [[Sophia Antipolis]]
* construction of 337 units of social housing
* establishment of facilities for the disabled
* road construction
* construction of schools and gyms (10)
* construction of a centre of sustainable development
* construction of the [[LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]
* creation of the ''Eco Valley'' in the Plaine of the Var which will run from the Arenas Quarter (which will be converted) to the village of Baus-Roux

The Alpes-Maritimes Departmental Council has charged 1 euro per vehicle journey in the department, regardless of distance, since 1 January 2008.

== Demographics ==
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|19=1806|20=131,266|21=1821|22=161,886|23=1851|24=192,062|25=1861|26=194,578|27=1872|28=199,037|29=1881|30=226,621|31=1891|32=258,571|33=1901|34=293,213|35=1911|36=356,338|37=1921|38=357,759|39=1931|40=493,376|41=1936|42=513,714|43=1946|44=453,073|45=1954|46=515,484|47=1962|48=618,265|49=1968|50=722,070|51=1975|52=816,681|53=1982|54=881,198|55=1990|56=971,829|57=1999|58=1,011,326|59=2006|60=1,073,184|61=2011|62=1,081,244|63=2016|64=1,083,704|65=2022|66=1,114,579}}
When [[Nice]] became part of France in 1860, it was still a small town; the department had fewer than 200,000 inhabitants. However, the population grew quickly from 300,000 at the beginning of the 20th century to over a million. The population is aging because of the number of retirees who move to the coast.

The population is now concentrated in the urban region that includes [[Antibes]], [[Cannes]], [[Grasse]], Nice, and [[Menton]], and which constitutes 90% of the total population.

The department had 1,083,310 inhabitants in 2017, making it the 20th most populated department in France.<ref name=pop2017>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4265429/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017], [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]</ref> There are 163 communes including 107 under 2000 inhabitants (representing a total of 60,065 inhabitants), 38 from 2000 to 9999 inhabitants (total 171,935 inhabitants), 13 between 10,000 and 49,999 inhabitants (total 263,102 inhabitants), 4 between 50,000 and 199,999 inhabitants (Antibes, Cannes, Cagnes-sur-Mer and Grasse, total 248,191 inhabitants), and one with over 200,000 inhabitants (Nice, with 340,017 inhabitants).<ref name="pop2017" /> The population density was 252 inhabitants per square kilometre in 2017.

According to INSEE 39.5% of children born in 2011 in the department of Alpes-Maritimes have at least one parent born abroad (regardless of nationality), 15.4% have a father born in [[North Africa]].<ref>[http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/detail.asp?ref_id=ir-sd20111 Detailed State Statistical data on births in 2011], [[INSEE]], 2012 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

The area is also known for its extremely large population of people of Italian descent. About 40% of the population of the Alpes-Maritimes claim their ancestry as being solely Italian, and as many as 80% of the population can trace some degree of ancestry back to Italy before it was annexed by France in the 1860s.<ref>The Alpes-Maritimes, much like the rest of the PACA region, is markedly more religious than the rest of France</ref>

== Economy ==
The economy of the Alpes-Maritimes is characterized by the importance of the [[tertiary sector]]. The department has, in addition to tourism and traditional services, a relatively high level of corporate research and higher level of services. [[Agriculture]] is of little importance and [[Industrial sector|industry]] plays a relatively small role although it has diversified into activities with high technological value. The construction and public works sector is quite important. The economy is very sensitive to changes in the national and international situation. The rate of unemployment is 9.1%.

According to the INSEE, in 2005 the GDP per capita of the Alpes-Maritimes was 27,723 euros which ranked it as the thirteenth highest department in France.<ref name="insee_2005">[http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=99&ref_id=CMRSOS08119 Raw GDP data by department (PIB) at current prices], National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies ([[Insee]]) {{in lang|fr}}</ref> GDP was 29.6 billion euros.<ref name="insee_2005" /> According to Eurostat, ''GDP per capita at market prices in 2008'', the department had a GDP per capita of 30,700 euros, which is also ranked it thirteenth in France.<ref>[http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=nama_r_e3gdp&lang=en Raw GDP (PIB) at current market prices NUTS 3], [[Eurostat]]. consulted on 5 August 2011. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

=== Distribution of employment ===
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| '''Alpes-Maritimes''' || align=center|'''76.2%''' || align=center|'''12.5%''' || align=center|'''9.2%''' || align=center|'''2,1%'''
|-
| National Average || align=center|71.5% || align=center|18.3% || align=center|6.1% || align=center|4.1%
|}

Tourism is an essential industry for the entire coastal region ([[Côte d'Azur]]) and is highly developed. On the coast, thanks to the mild climate, towns are [[Resort town|resort destinations]] all year round. In the mountains, there are winter sports stations that have received abundant snow in recent years, particularly [[Isola 2000]].

There are also well-developed industries such as the [[perfume]] industry in [[Grasse]], new technologies from [[Sophia-Antipolis]], and the [[aerospace industry]] in Cannes-Mandelieu, where there is the first European satellite builders<ref>[http://www.journaldunet.com/economie/les-dix/entreprises-leaders/alcatel.shtml 10 French Companies who are World Champions: Alcatel Alenia Space], Le Journal du Net {{in lang|fr}}</ref> and the first [[Cannes Mandelieu Space Center|industrial plant]] dedicated to spacecraft manufacturing.<ref name="apo">[http://www.apotheloz.com/articles-enquete/2002_03_alcatel-space.htm Christian Apothéloz, ''Alcatel space at Cannes, More than an entreprise, a legend''], in The New Economist, March 2002</ref>

== Tourism ==
=== Seaside ===
[[File:Rues du Vieux-Nice Avril 2018a 07.jpg|thumb|The [[French Riviera]], centred on [[Nice]], attracts millions of international tourists every year.]]
[[File:Villefranche-sur-Mer from Mont Alban.jpg|thumb|[[Villefranche-sur-Mer]] between Nice and Monaco]]
The presence of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[French Alps]] under a mild sky has favoured one dominant activity: tourism, which accounts for 64,000 jobs directly in the Alpes-Maritimes. For only the city of Nice the tourism turnover represents a 12 to 13% share of the whole tourism market in France. The capital of the [[French Riviera|Côte d'Azur]] is the fifth most populous city in France. The city of Nice also has the second largest airport in France ([[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport]]), after Paris and its three airports at [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Roissy]], [[Orly Airport|Orly]] and [[Paris–Le Bourget Airport|Le Bourget]]. There are nearly 13.5 million passengers per year passing through Nice Airport.

The seaside where the majority of the population resides is one of the most popular parts of the world with many attractions:
* [[Seaside resort]]s ([[Théoule-sur-Mer]], [[Mandelieu-la-Napoule]], [[Cannes]], [[Golfe-Juan]], [[Juan-les-Pins]], [[Antibes]], [[Cagnes-sur-Mer]], [[Nice]], [[Villefranche-sur-Mer]], [[Beaulieu-sur-Mer]], [[Èze-sur-Mer]], [[Cap d'Ail]], [[Roquebrune-Cap-Martin]] and [[Menton]])
* Convention cities that spread their business throughout the year are Cannes, with its [[Palais des Festivals et des Congrès|Palais des Festivals]], and Nice, with its [[Palais des Congrès Acropolis|Acropolis]].

The area inland from the busy French Riviera is an excellent base for many outdoor sports: [[cycling]], [[mountain biking]], [[skiing]], walking, [[rock climbing]], [[canyoning]], [[canoeing]], [[rafting]], [[fishing]], [[horse riding]], [[Adventure park]]s, [[caving]] and the area has the first ever underground ''[[via ferrata]]''. The area has internationally renowned [[paragliding]] and [[hang gliding]] flying sites at Col-de-Bleyne, [[Gourdon, Alpes-Maritimes|Gourdon]], [[Gréolières]] and Lachens.

=== Mountainside ===
[[File:Lacs de Prals.jpg|thumb|[[Mercantour National Park]] in the commune of [[Saint-Martin-Vésubie]], which primarily covers a small town in the Alps and tourist destination]]
In the mountains, [[skiing]] and [[hiking]] bring life to [[Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée]] ([[Auron (ski resort)|Auron]]), [[Beuil]], [[Péone]] ([[Valberg (ski resort)|Valberg]]), [[Saint-Martin-Vésubie]], [[Isola, Alpes-Maritimes|Isola]], [[Gréolières]], Peïra-Cava, [[Col de Turini]], and Turini-Camp d'argent in the Authion mountains.

=== Second homes ===
As of 2020, 25.3% of available housing in the department were second homes.<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7632072?geo=DEP-06#ancre-LOG_T2 Catégories et types de logements], [[INSEE]] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

== Culture ==
Cultural life is rich and fully described in the daily regional ''[[Nice-Matin]]'' newspaper and announced in the weekly supplement ''JV Wednesday''.

=== Events ===
* [[Cannes Film Festival]], an annual film festival held in Cannes
* [[Marché du Film]], held annually in conjunction with the Cannes Film Festival
* [[Midem]], an annual trade fair for the music industry held in Cannes
* [[Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity]], an event of the advertising and creative communications industry
[[File:Carnaval de Nice 2013 P1010487.JPG|thumb|[[Nice Carnival]] (2013)]]
[[File:20130304FeteDuCitronMenton 041.jpg|thumb|La Fête du Citron (Lemon festival) in Menton]]
* Pantiero Festival, [[Cannes]] (electronic and independent music) in August
* International Dance Festival, Cannes, a dance festival held in late November and early December every second year
* International Festival of Games, Cannes, in February
* Festival of Night music at [[Le Suquet]], Cannes, classical music in July
* Fireworks Festival, Cannes, fireworks in July and August
* Festival of Performances of actors, Cannes, June
* Festival of dances "Break the Floor", Cannes, January
* International Dance Festival, Cannes, November
* Festival of Russian Art and Dance, Cannes, August
* International Youth Ballets, organized by the Senior Dance School of [[École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower]], Cannes, March
* La Fête du Mimosa, [[Mandelieu-la-Napoule]], February
* Italian Market, [[Mougins]], (formerly the Piedmontese Market before 2011)
* International Gastronomic festival, Mougins
* [[Jazz à Juan]], [[Juan-les-Pins]]
* [[Nice Jazz Festival]]
* [[Nice Carnival]]
* Naval Combat with flowers, [[Villefranche-sur-Mer]]
* Lemon Festival, [[Menton]]
* Southern Nights in [[Vence]], world music
* Festival Tomawok, [[Nice]] (rock, metal music), June
* Book Festival of [[Mouans-Sartoux]], three days in early October (21st Festival in 2008)
* This Is Not Classic, an annual event<ref>[http://musique.france2.fr/musique-classique/info/35911384-fr.php "C'est pas classique !" for music-lovers of Nice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507010203/http://musique.france2.fr/musique-classique/info/35911384-fr.php |date=7 May 2008 }}, France Musique website {{in lang|fr}}</ref> for classical music, created by the General Council of the Alpes-Maritimes<ref>[http://193.48.79.10/cg06_V3/cms/cest_pas_classique/index.php?id=15 Website of the Conseil général] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305174746/http://193.48.79.10/cg06_V3/cms/cest_pas_classique/index.php?id=15 |date=5 March 2016 }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> in 2005. It takes place at the Acropolis convention centre in Nice and occupies all available rooms beginning with the large auditorium seating 2,400 people.
* Chestnut Festival

=== Museums ===
[[File:Antibes Museum Picasso.jpg|thumb|The [[Musée Picasso (Antibes)|Picasso museum]] in Antibes]]
Famous museums include:
* the [[Maeght Foundation]] in [[Saint-Paul-de-Vence]]
* the [[Musée Picasso (Antibes)|Picasso museum]] in Antibes
* [[Concrete art]] in [[Mouans-Sartoux]]
* the [[Fernand Léger Museum]] in [[Biot, Alpes-Maritimes|Biot]]
* the [[Chagall]] and [[Musée Matisse (Nice)|Matisse]] museums in Nice
* the [[Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain|Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art]] (MAMAC) also in Nice

== Education ==

=== Primary and secondary education ===
The department has 222 nursery schools, 357 primary schools and one special school. It also hosts 72 colleges, 14 vocational schools and 22 high schools, to which must be added 65 private schools.

=== Higher education ===
The [[University of Nice Sophia Antipolis]], in Nice and neighboring areas, was founded in 1965.

Higher education is relatively underdeveloped in the department. The urban area of Nice has 35,000 students,<ref>[http://www.agglo-nice.fr/chiffres-cles-atouts-territoire.htm Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur – A territory of international excellence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224120503/http://www.agglo-nice.fr/chiffres-cles-atouts-territoire.htm |date=24 February 2009 }}, Official site of the Urban Community of Nice-Côte d'Azur. Consulted on 26 September 2008. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> while [[Rennes]] and [[Bordeaux]] each have 60,000.

A campus of the [[Paris Institute of Political Studies]] (Sciences Po) was established in [[Menton]] in October 2005.  The Menton campus is dedicated to the relationship between the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean and the relationship of Europe with the Middle East.

Several engineering schools are also located in [[Sophia Antipolis]]:
* [[Eurecom]] (School of Engineering and Research Center in communication systems)
* [[Mines ParisTech]]
* [[Polytech Nice Sophia]]

In addition, two major business schools are located in the region:
* [[EDHEC]] in Nice
* [[Skema Business School]] in Sophia Antipolis

There are the [[French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation]] (INRIA) and the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research]] (CNRS) in Sophia Antipolis.

== Trivia ==
The [[asteroid]] [[100122 Alpes Maritimes]] is [[Meanings of asteroid names|named in the department's honour]], on the occasion of the thousandth discovery made from its territory.

== See also ==
* [[Arrondissements of the Alpes-Maritimes department]]
* [[Cantons of the Alpes-Maritimes department]]
* [[Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* ''The Heritage of the Communes of Alpes-Maritimes'' in two volumes, Flohic Éditions, collective work, volume I, Cantons of Antibes to Levens, January 2000, Paris, 504 pages, {{ISBN|2-84234-071-X}}, Jean-Luc Flohic {{in lang|fr}}.
* ''The Heritage of the Communes of Alpes-Maritimes'' in two volumes, Flohic Éditions, collective work, volume II, Cantons of Menton to Villefranche-sur-Mer, January 2000, Paris, 574 pages, {{ISBN|2-84234-071-X}}, Jean-Luc Flohic, p.&nbsp;505 to 1079 {{in lang|fr}}.
* ''Rural Architecture of Alpes-Maritimes'', Édisud, Philippe de Beauchamp, 1992, Aix-en-Provence, 140 pages, {{ISBN|2-85744-612-8}}, Photographer Loîc-Jahan {{in lang|fr}}.
* ''Religious Art in Alpes-Maritimes'', Édisud, Philippe de Beauchamp, 4th Quarter 1993, Aix-en-Provence, 144 pages, {{ISBN|2-85744-485-0}}, Photographer Loîc-Jahan {{in lang|fr}}.

== External links ==
{{Wikivoyage|Alpes-Maritimes}}
{{Commons category}}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Alpes Maritimes | volume= 1 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= W. A. B. Coolidge| page = 723 |short= 1}}
* {{in lang|fr}} [https://www.alpes-maritimes.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website]
* {{in lang|fr}} [https://www.departement06.fr/ Departmental Council website]
* {{in lang|en}} [http://mtcn.free.fr/ Musical traditions in the Alpes-Maritimes department]
* {{in lang|en}} [http://gofrance.about.com/cs/photogalleries/l/bl_nice5.htm About.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405062530/http://gofrance.about.com/cs/photogalleries/l/bl_nice5.htm |date=5 April 2015 }}
* [http://www.archeo-alpi-maritimi.com/ Archeo-alpi-maritimi] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://peintures.murales.free.fr/fresques/France/PACA/Alpes_maritimes/index_Alpes_Maritimes.html Alpes Maritimes, 1450–1550, Altar Pieces and Frescoes] {{in lang|fr}}

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