Mark Horner

Economy and tourism | Transport : Port : Air : Rail : Tram : Road
🇫🇷 Nice is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits. Located in the French Riviera, on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the Alps, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and the second-largest city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Nice is approximately 13 km from the principality of Monaco and 30 km from the French-Italian border. Nice's airport serves as a gateway to the region.
Economy and tourism Nice is the seat of the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Nice Côte d'Azur, which manages the Port of Nice. Investors from France and abroad can benefit from the assistance of the Côte d'Azur Economic Development Agency Team Côte d'Azur.

Nice has one conference centre: the Palais des Congrès Acropolis. The city also has several business parks, including l'Arenas, Nice the Plain, Nice Méridia, Saint Isidore, and the Northern Forum. In addition, the city features several shopping centres such as Nicetoile, Nice TNL, Nice Lingostière, Northern Forum, St-Isidore, the Trinity (around the Auchan hypermarket), Cap3000 in Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Polygone Riviera in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

Sophia Antipolis is a technology park north-west of Antibes. Much of the park is within the commune of Valbonne. Established between 1970 and 1984, it primarily houses companies in the fields of computing, electronics, pharmacology and biotechnology. Several institutions of higher learning are also located here, along with the European headquarters of W3C.

The Nice metropolitan area had a GDP amounting to $47.7 billion.
Transport: Port The main port of Nice is also known as Lympia port. This name comes from the Lympia spring which fed a small lake in a marshy zone where work on the port was started in 1745. Today this is the principal harbour installation of Nice – there is also a small port in the Carras district. The port is the first port cement manufacturer in France, linked to the treatment plants of the rollers of the valley of Paillon. Fishing activities remain but the number of professional fishermen is now less than 10. Nice, being the point of continental France nearest to Corsica, has ferry connections with the island developed with the arrival of NGV (navires à grande vitesse) or high-speed craft. The connections are provided by Corsica Ferries - Sardinia Ferries. Located in front of the port, the Place Cassini has been renamed Place of Corsica.
Transport: Air Nice Côte d'Azur Airport is the third busiest airport in France after Charles de Gaulle Airport and Orly Airport, both near Paris. It is on the Promenade des Anglais, near l'Arénas and has two terminals. Due to its proximity to the Principality of Monaco, it also serves as that city–state's airport. A helicopter service provided by Heli Air Monaco and Monacair links the city and airport. It is run by the ACA (Aéroports Côte d'Azur), which includes Cannes - Mandelieu Airport and La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport. Public transportation into the city proper is serviced by the Tramway line 2 (T2).
Transport: Rail The main railway station is Nice-Ville, served both by high speed TGV trains connecting Paris and Nice in less than 6 hours and by local commuter TER services. Marseille is reached in 2.5 hours. Nice also has international connections to Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, and Russia. Nice is also served by several suburban stations including Nice St-Augustin, Nice St-Roch and Nice Riquier.

Nice is also the southern terminus of the independently run Chemins de Fer de Provence railway line which connects the city with Digne in approximatively 4 hours from the Nice CP station. A metro-like suburban service is also provided on the southern part of the line.
Transport: Tram In 2007, the new Tramway de Nice linked the northern and eastern suburbs via the city centre. Two other lines are currently operating. The second line runs east–west from Jean Médecin to the Nice Côte d'Azur Airport and reaches the Port, while the third line provides a connection to the future TGV Nice Saint-Augustin and to Lingostière railway station. A fourth line is set to run from the future TGV Nice Saint-Augustin to Cagnes-sur-Mer.
Transport: Road The A8 autoroute and the Route nationale 7 pass through the Nice agglomeration.

Nice, Cote d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes

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Nice is rated Sufficiency by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Sufficiency level cities are cities that have a sufficient degree of services so as not to be overly dependent on world cities.

Nice was ranked #757 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Nice has a population of over 343,629 people. Nice also forms part of the wider Nice-Cannes metropolitan area which has a population of over 1,080,815 people. Nice is the #169 hipster city in the world, with a hipster score of 3.7092 according to the Hipster Index which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to the number of vegan eateries, coffee shops, tattoo studios, vintage boutiques, and record stores. Nice is ranked #244 for startups with a score of 1.434.

To set up a UBI Lab for Nice see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Nice has links with:

🇲🇦 Al Hoceima, Morocco 🇪🇸 Alicante, Spain 🇲🇬 Antananarivo, Madagascar 🇰🇿 Astana, Kazakhstan 🇺🇸 Baton Rouge, USA 🇻🇳 Cần Thơ, Vietnam 🇨🇴 Cartagena, Colombia 🇮🇹 Cuneo, Italy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh, Scotland 🇵🇱 Gdańsk, Poland 🇮🇹 Genoa, Italy 🇨🇳 Hangzhou, China 🇺🇸 Houston, USA 🇯🇵 Kamakura, Japan 🇮🇹 La Maddalena, Italy 🇨🇦 Laval, Canada 🇬🇦 Libreville, Gabon 🇨🇭 Locarno, Switzerland 🇵🇭 Manila, Philippines 🇫🇷 Marseille, France 🇺🇸 Miami, USA 🇮🇱 Netanya, Israel 🇺🇸 New Orleans, USA 🇳🇨 Nouméa, New Caledonia 🇰🇿 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 🇩🇪 Nuremberg, Germany 🇧🇫 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 🇵🇫 Papeete, French Polynesia 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia 🇫🇷 Saint-Denis, Réunion 🇫🇷 Saint-Denis, France 🇮🇨 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands 🇨🇳 Siming District, China 🇮🇹 Sorrento, Italy 🇹🇳 Sousse, Tunisia 🇭🇺 Szeged, Hungary 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki, Greece 🇮🇹 Turin, Italy 🇨🇳 Xiamen, China 🇺🇦 Yalta, Ukraine 🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia

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World Trade Center Nice/Sophia Antipolis

William Henry Romaine (Romaine-Walker, William Henry) Walker |
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Painter/Illustrator/Architect/Interior Decorator/Poster Designer William Henry Romaine-Walker is associated with Nice. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1881.