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The
County of Nice or
Niçard Country (
French:
Comté de Nice / Pays Niçois,
Italian:
Contea di Nizza / Paese Nizzardo,
Niçard Occitan:
Comtat de Niça / País Niçard) is a historical region of
Occitania (and
France since 1860), located in the South-Eastern part, around the city of
Nice.
Its territory lies between the
Mediterranean Sea (
Côte d'Azur),
Var River and the southernmost crest of the
Alps. It was initially a part of the ancient
County of Provence, then it became in
1388 a part of the
Duchy of Savoy (that became the
Kingdom of Sardinia in
1720). The region received the name
County of Nice (Contea di Nizza) during the fifteenth century, after being integrated into Savoy. From 1388 to 1861 the history of the County of Nice was fully integrated with the history of Italy. Its historical capital city is
Nice (Nizza in Italian).
It was included in
France in
1860, during the Italian wars of Independence, against the wish of
Giuseppe Garibaldi (born in Nizza). He strongly opposed the cession of the
Nizzardo to France (arguing that wasn't done with "universal" vote) and in 1866 there were even popular riots in the city, promoted by "Garibaldini" in favor of the unification of Nice to Italy.
The Italian
Irredentism has claimed the County because of the former sovereignty of Savoy, which was the core of the Italian state; nevertheless, the local language of the County of Nice is
Niçard Occitan, not
Italian. During WWII Nizza was included administratively in the
Kingdom of Italy.
Since 1861 the County has matched with the
Arrondissement of Nice that's the biggest part of the the
Alpes-Maritimes department, in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Nevertheless the name
County of Nice is still used today for this cultural and historical region that has kept its whole personality.
Population: 506,694 inhabitants (1999)
Sources
- Amicucci, Ermanno. Nizza e l’Italia. Mondadori Editore. Milano, 1939.
- Barelli Hervé, Rocca Roger. Histoire de l'identité niçoise, Nice: Serre, 1995. ISBN 2-84410-223-4
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