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    Menton (French: [mɑ̃tɔ̃]; Occitan: [menˈta] [mɛnˈtɑ̃], written Menton in classical norm or Mentan in Mistralian norm; Italian: Mentone [menˈtoːne]) is...
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    Levens Menton-Est Menton-Ouest Nice 1st Canton Nice 2nd Canton Nice 3rd Canton Nice 4th Canton Nice 5th Canton Nice 6th Canton Nice 7th Canton Nice 8th...
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    three arrondissements with the following cantons: Nice, cantons: Nice (2 cantons), Aspremont, La Brigue, Menton, Monaco, Roquebillière, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée...
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    Orsières (canton of Valais). The boundary then follows a general direction towards south, to the Mediterranean, it reaches the sea at Menton in France...
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    piecemeal into other states. Between 1346 and 1355, Monaco annexed the towns of Menton and Roquebrune, increasing its territory by almost ten times. In 1419, the...
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    Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France, between Monaco and Menton. The name was changed from Roquebrune to differentiate the town from Roquebrune-sur-Argens...
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    Saint-Paul-de-Vence (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl də vɑ̃s], literally Saint-Paul of Vence; Occitan: Sant Pau de Vença; Italian: San Paolo di Venza) is...
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    was held in 1931 Avril de Sainte-Croix was 76 years old, and exhausted. She died after a short illness in March 1939 in Menton on the French Riviera....
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    Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat de Mende) Menton, (Alpes-Maritimes): St. Michel Church Meymac, (Corrèze): Meymac Abbey Molompize: Notre-Dame de Vauclair Mont-Saint-Michel:...
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    and regained by the Grimaldi to the Genoese. In 1341 the Grimaldi took Menton and then Roquebrune, thus consolidating their power and strength in the...
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  • Cannes-1 Cannes-2 Le Cannet Contes Grasse-1 Grasse-2 Mandelieu-la-Napoule Menton Nice-1 Nice-2 Nice-3 Nice-4 Nice-5 Nice-6 Nice-7 Nice-8 Nice-9 Tourrette-Levens...
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    Brig, known as Brig in German and Briga in Italian, is a town in the canton of Valais, in the commune of Brig-Glis. The name Brig comes from the Celtic...
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  • Grasse (06), Hyères (83), Martigues (13), Menton (06), Nice (06). - Land of Art and of History : Pays de Carpentras et du Comtat Venaissin (84), Pays...
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    Sainte-Agnès, Alpes-Maritimes (category Plus Beaux Villages de France)
    village provides views of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Menton and on to Italy. Visitors can get to Menton by train and take the bus (line 10) from the Gare...
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    Èze village (outskirts of Nice), running along the Mediterranean coast to Menton, on the present Italian border. The commune of Èze is located on the French...
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    politician. Mayor of Grasse, deputy for Var and General Councilor of Var Canton of Grasse-Nord. Mélanie Bernier (born 1985), actress Adam Bessa, (born 1992)...
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    engaging Italian troops in Menton, accidentally bombed their own artillery on Capo Mortola, 10 km (6.2 mi) distant. The Armée de l'Air in southern France...
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    Salsomaggiore, Palermo, Biarritz, Wiesbaden, Monte Carlo, Lucerne and Menton and projects in Madrid, Cairo and Johannesburg. According to his wife, "César's...
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    2003 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2004 1st Trofeo Zsšdi 1st Grand Prix Joseph Bruyère 1st Menton-Savona 1st Prologue, Stages 4 & 6 Giro...
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    Montreux (category Municipalities of the canton of Vaud)
    Palace Marché couvert The Grand Hôtel de Territet, formerly Hôtel des Alpes Montreux is twinned with the towns of Menton, France Wiesbaden, Germany Chiba,...
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    unstable internal situation. As early as 1821, repeated troubles broke out in Menton encouraged by agents of the Kingdom of Sardinia, abusively interpreting...
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    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ kap fɛʁa]; Occitan: Sant Joan de Cap Ferrat; Italian: San Giovanni Capo Ferrato) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes...
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    /ˌviːl(ə)ˈfrɒ̃ʃ sʊər ˈmɛər/, French: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Vilafranca de Mar [ˌvilɔˈfʀaŋkɔ de ˈmaʀ]; Italian: Villafranca Marittima [ˌvillaˈfraŋka maˈrittima])...
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    therefore ceased to be a border town as the frontier moved 50 km eastward to Menton.[citation needed] Antibes was transferred from its former department of...
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    the characteristic of being orographically separated from everything, the Menton basin can be excluded. In the latter case, the geographical limit would...
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    An Italian tricolour with a white canton bearing the Lion of Saint Mark. 1848–1849 Flag of the Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune An Italian tricolour...
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  • The 2016–17 Coupe de France preliminary rounds made up the qualifying competition to decide which teams took part in the main competition from round 7...
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    Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿etjɛn də tine], literally Saint-Étienne of Tinée; Italian: Santo Stefano di Tinea; Vivaro-Alpine:...
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    municipalities of Menton and Roquebrune, at the time part of the Principality of Monaco, united and obtained independence as the Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune...
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  • 24 September 2020 at the age of 76. "La sénatrice et épouse du maire de Menton, Colette Giudicelli, est décédée". Nice-Matin (in French). 24 September...
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