Villefranche-sur-Mer
Vilafranca de Mar (Occitan) | |
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 A view of the harbour at Villefranche-sur-Mer | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Villefranche-sur-Mer  | |
  Villefranche-sur-Mer  Villefranche-sur-Mer | |
| Coordinates: 43°42′18″N 7°18′45″E / 43.705°N 7.3125°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Nice |
| Canton | Beausoleil |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christophe Trojani[1] |
Area 1 | 4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 4,989 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06159 /06230 |
| Elevation | 0–575 m (0–1,886 ft) |
| Website | villefranche-sur-mer |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villefranche-sur-Mer (US: /ˌviːl(ə)ˈfrɒ̃ʃ sʊər ˈmɛər/,[3] French: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Vilafranca de Mar [ˌvilɔˈfʀaŋkɔ de ˈmaʀ]; Italian: Villafranca Marittima [ˌvillaˈfraŋka maˈrittima]) is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera and is located south-west of the Principality of Monaco, which is just west of the French-Italian border.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Villefranche". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 28 July 2019.