Boulevard Princesse Grâce de Monaco - Nice (France)

            Boulevard Princesse Grâce de Monaco 09/06/2017 16h11
View over the Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Villefranche-sur-Mer (left) and Cap Ferrat (right) as seen from the Boulevard Princesse Grâce de Monaco which is part of Nice and on the foot of the Mont Boron near Pointe Madame and the a plaque of the Boulevard Princesse Grâce de Monaco. A perfect view point. 

Villefranche-sur-Mer
Villefranche-sur-Mer  is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera.
Villefranche-sur-Mer adjoins the city of Nice to the east along Mont Boron, Mont Alban and Mont Vinaigrier, and 10 km south west of Monaco. The bay (rade) of Villefranche is one of the deepest natural harbours of any port in the Mediterranean Sea and provides safe anchorage for large ships, reaching depths of 95 m between the Cape of Nice and Cap Ferrat; it extends to the south to form a 500 m abyss known as the undersea Canyon of Villefranche at about one nautical mile off the coastline.
The town limits extend to the hills surrounding the bay climbing from sea level to an altitude of 520 m at Mont-Leuze, reflecting on land the features found offshore. The three "Corniches" or main roads linking Nice to Italy pass through Villefranche.
Villefranche is now part of the Urban community of Nice Côte d'Azur and so can be considered a suburb of the Nice metropolitan area. The decrease in population in recent years and especially in the 1990s can be attributed to the cost of real estate and an increase of part-time residents, who typically are not counted in the census. But Villefranche's aging population, like elsewhere in the eastern part of the Alpes-Maritimes, is not being replaced by younger people at the same rate as in the rest of the département. 
The main activity remains tourism, with hotels and restaurants employing a sizeable portion of the population. Traditional activities, like fishing, have now given way to sea-related activities, such as sailing and deep sea diving. Some dockyard activity remains at the harbour of “la Darse” but most of it has now been moved to Antibes. Residential construction and maintenance, which provided a lot of employment in the mid 20th century, has now subsided considerably.

Population: 5.400
Area; 4.88 km2 
Density: 1,100/km2 
Elevation: 0 - 575 m
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Taken in: France / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur / Alpes-Maritimes (show map)

Taken on: June 9, 2017

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