What is Arrondissement of Nice?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Nice | INSEE=062 | nbcomm=101 | prefecture=y | seat=[[Nice]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=3067.4 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Nizza 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Nice''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Alpes-Maritimes]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Nice]]. ==History== When the Alpes-Maritimes department was created on 1793, Nice was part of that original department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/06his.html |title=Historique des Alpes-Maritimes |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=5 October 2016 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Nice is the most northern of the Alpes-Maritimes department. It is bordered to the northeast and east by the [[Piedmont]] [[Regions of Italy|region]] ([[Italy]]), to the southeast by the [[Liguria]] region ([[Italy]]), to the south by the [[Mediterranean Sea]], to the southwest by the [[Arrondissement of Grasse|Grasse]] ''arrondissement'' and to the west by the [[Var (department)|Var]] department. The ''arrondissement'' of Nice is the largest in area of the two ''arrondissements'' of the department, {{Convert|3067.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}}, but the one with fewer people living in it (523,267 inhabitants). ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028658238 |title= Décret n° 2014-227 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Alpes-Maritimes |publisher=Légifrance.gouv.fr |language=French |accessdate=5