What is Nice?
Q: What is Nice?
A: Nice is a city in southern France on the Mediterranean coast. It is a commune in the French department of Alpes-Maritimes.
Q: How many people live in Nice?
A: As of 2012, there were over 345,000 people living in the city and 1,000,000 in its metropolitan area.
Q: What type of climate does Nice have?
A: Nice has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification). Summers are hot, dry, and sunny; winters are mild with moderate rainfall.
Q: Why did wealthy British visitors come to Nice?
A: Wealthy British visitors came to Nice due to its beauty and warm climate. Queen Victoria was amongst them and made several visits.
Q: What language is spoken by locals in Nice?
A: Locals speak le nissard, nissart or niçard which is a variety of the regional language Occitan that has Italian influences due to past sovereignty changes.
Q: How many tourists visit Nice each year?
A: The city gets 5 million tourists every year.
Q: What kind of cuisine can be found in Nice?
A: Cuisine fromNice benefits from the Mediterranean such as bouillabaisse (a shellfish dish) as well as North African dishes like cous-cous and ratatouille and local dishes like salade niçoise.
