Cap-d'Ail explained

Cap-d'Ail
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Cap-d'Ail 06.svg
Arrondissement:Nice
Canton:Beausoleil
Insee:06032
Postal Code:06320
Mayor:Xavier Beck[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Coordinates:43.7219°N 7.4064°W
Elevation Min M:0
Elevation Max M:540
Area Km2:2.04

Cap-d'Ail (in French pronounced as /kap daj/; Occitan (post 1500);: Caup d'Alh; Italian: Capodaglio or Capo d'Aglio) is a seaside commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.

Geography

Cap-d'Ail borders the areas of La Colle, Les Révoires and Fontvieille in the Principality of Monaco.

Contemporary Cap-d'Ail is a modern seaside resort with a lively shopping district on the Basse Corniche and quiet, fashionable residential areas. Many people who work in Monaco live there. Plage Mala is prized by many day trippers from Monaco and Nice.

Cap-d'Ail is served by a 1881 station on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway, the last before the Monégasque border.

History

On 13 September 1982, Princess Grace de Monaco was killed in a car accident.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. News: Haberman . Clyde . 1982-09-15 . PRINCESS GRACE IS DEAD AFTER RIVIERA CAR CRASH . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-09-13 . 0362-4331.