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Alpes-Maritimes

American  
[alp-ma-ree-teem] / alp ma riˈtim /

noun

  1. a department in SE France. 1,527 sq. mi. (3,955 sq. km). Nice.


Alpes-Maritimes British  
/ alp maritim /

noun

  1. a department of the SE corner of France in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. Capital: Nice. Pop: 1 045 973 (2003 est). Area: 4298 sq km (1676 sq miles)

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The power cut affected 160,000 homes in the Alpes-Maritimes area.

From BBC May 24, 2025

The raids in France involved 175 police officers and resulted in 40 other arrests across the French capital, Seine-et-Marne, Val-de-Marne, and the Alpes-Maritimes.

From Seattle Times Nov. 28, 2023

The regions of Alpes-Maritimes, Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Ardèche, Rhône, Haute -Savoie, Vendée, Maine-et-Loire and Morbihan were part of the trial - but tax officials say it may now be rolled out nationwide.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2022

“A bit of new blood and some new faces won’t hurt,” Bryan Masson, who captured a seat in the Alpes-Maritimes area of southern France, told BFM TV last Monday.

From New York Times Jun. 26, 2022

Revenge in a Ball-Room.—A distressing event lately took place at Castellaz, a little commune of the Alpes-Maritimes, near Mentone.

From Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work by Ruskin, John

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