Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française is the ''

communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Menton Menton (; in classical norm or in Mistralian norm, , ; ; or depending on the orthography) is a Commune in France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italia ...

. It is located in the

Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; ; ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the France–Italy border, Italian border and Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'A ...

department, in the

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the Metropolitan France, mainland. The main P ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

, southeastern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. Created in 2002, its seat is in Menton.CA de la Riviera Française (N° SIREN : 240600551)
BANATIC, accessed 14 October 2024. Its area is 660.1 km². Its population was 73,890 in 2019, of which 30,525 in Menton proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Accessed 8 October 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 15 communes: # Beausoleil # Breil-sur-Roya # La Brigue # Castellar # Castillon # Fontan # Gorbio #

# Moulinet # Roquebrune-Cap-Martin # Sainte-Agnès # Saorge # Sospel #

Tende Tende (; Italian language, Italian, Occitan language, Occitan and Royasc: ''Tenda'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. Geography Tende is located within Mercanto ...

# La Turbie

References

Riviera Francaise Riviera Francaise {{AlpesMaritimes-geo-stub