Nice is a municipality in the South-East of France, prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department, and the second city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region behind Marseille. Located at the south-eastern end of France, about thirty kilometers from the Franco-Italian border, it is established on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, along the Baie des Anges and at the mouth of the Paillon.
Monaco, in long-form the Principality of Monaco, in Monegasque Principatu de Mu̍negu and in Occitan Principat de Mónegue, is a state in Western Europe, as well as a municipality of the same name occupying the same area as the state. – even (which makes it a city-state). The principality has been enclosed within the territory of the French Republic4 since 1861.
Menton is a French commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department located on the Franco-Italian border, near the principality of Monaco (7 km), and a famous seaside tourist resort on the Côte d’Azur.