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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From BBC • May 24, 2025

In France, yoga retreats were held in and around Paris and in the southern Alpes-Maritimes region.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 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

It would not be the same in the Alpes-Maritimes as in the Côtes-du-Nord.

From The Cult of Incompetence by Barstow, Beatrice

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