Cap-d'Ail
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
Arrondissement | Arrondissement de Nice |
Canton | Villefranche-sur-Mer |
Intercommunality | Nice-Côte d'Azur |
Mayor | Xavier Beck (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 0 m–540 m |
Land area¹ | 2,04 km² |
Population² (1999) |
4 532 |
- Density | 2 221/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 06032/ 06320 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Cap-d'Ail is a French commune that borders the district of La Colle in the Principality of Monaco. It is located in the Alpes-Maritimes département.
Modern Cap d'Ail is a modern seaside resort with a lively shopping district on the Basse Corniche and quiet, fashionable residential quarters. Many people who work in Monaco live here. Plage la Mala is prized by many day trippers from Monaco and Nice.
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