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Nice
City population
342,669
#5
in France
#2
in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
#1,677
worldwide
43.703, 7.266 · 686 km from Paris
About Nice
Nice is a city in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France with a population of 342,669. It is the 5th largest of the 640 cities of 15,000 or more listed in France, and the 1,677th largest worldwide. It lies 686 km from Paris.
Key Facts
Country
Rank in region
#2of 53
Elevation
25 m
Time zone
Europe/Paris
Coordinates
43.703, 7.266
Record updated
2026-02-23
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
All 640 in FranceClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.