Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (, literally ''Saint-Étienne of
Tinée
The Tinée (; oc, Tiniá) is a river that flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France. It is long. Its drainage basin is .
''; ;
Vivaro-Alpine
Vivaro-Alpine ( oc, vivaroalpenc, vivaroaupenc) is a variety of Occitan language, Occitan spoken in southeastern France (namely, around the Dauphiné area) and northwestern Italy (the Occitan Valleys of Piedmont and Liguria). There is also a sma ...
: ''Sant Estève d'en Tiniá'') is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes (; oc, Aups Maritims; it, Alpi Marittime, "Maritime Alps") is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in southeastern
France
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.
It was part of the historic
County of Nice
The County of Nice (french: Comté de Nice / Pays Niçois, it, Contea di Nizza/Paese Nizzardo, Niçard oc, Contèa de Niça/País Niçard) is a historical region of France located around the southeastern city of Nice and roughly equivalent t ...
until 1860.
The ski resort of
Auron Auron may refer to:
* Auron (comics), two fictional DC Comics superheroes
* Auron (ski resort)
* Auron (river) in central France, a tributary of the Yèvre
* Auron, a playable character in the Square role-playing game ''Final Fantasy X''
* One o ...
is located on the territory of the commune, and linked to the village of Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée directly by a
gondola lift
A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supp ...