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Villefranche-sur-Mer

commune in Alpes-Maritimes, France
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Summary

Villefranche-sur-Mer is a commune of France[1]. Villefranche-sur-Mer ranks in the top 0.25% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,301 views/month, #78 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: canton of Villefranche-sur-Mer[3], Alpes-Maritimes[4], arrondissement of Nice[5]
  • Country: France[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[7]
  • Head of government: Christophe Trojani[8]
  • Shares border with: Beaulieu-sur-Mer[9], Èze[10], Nice[11], Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: Plan-les-Ouates[13], Bordighera[14], Villafranca d'Asti[15]
  • Postal code: 06230[16]
  • Commons category: Villefranche-sur-Mer[17]
  • Licence plate code: 06[18]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[19], UTC+02:00[20]
  • Archives at: Departmental archives of Alpes-Maritimes[21]
  • Official website: https://villefranche-sur-mer.fr/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Villefranche-sur-Mer[23]
  • Commons gallery: Villefranche-sur-Mer[24]
  • Email address: mailto:mairie@villefranche-sur-mer.fr[25]
  • Population: 5326[26], 5112[27], 5146[28], 5091[29], 5064[30], 6790[31], 7200[32], 7363[33], 8080[34], 6833[35], 6610[36], 5416[37], 5033[38], 5002[39]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Villefranche-sur-Mer[40]
  • Phone number: +33-4-93-76-33-33[41]
  • Capital of: canton of Villefranche-sur-Mer[42]
  • Official name: Villefranche-sur-Mer[43]
  • List of monuments: Liste der Monuments historiques in Villefranche-sur-Mer[44]
  • Category for people born here: Q9227989[45]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Villefranche-sur-Mer[46]
  • Female population: 2670[47]
  • Male population: 2421[48]

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Physical Characteristics

Villefranche-sur-Mer covers an area of 4.88 km²[49]. Elevations include 17 m[50], 0 m[51], 575 m[52], and 226 m[53].

Why It Matters

Villefranche-sur-Mer has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Villefranche-sur-Mer is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Related Entities

Beaulieu-sur-Mer Bordighera Èze France Honoré d'Urfé Mr. Bean's Holiday Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Villafranca d'Asti

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . Q104527733. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . archives06.fr. Retrieved . archives06.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  47. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [51] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [52] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [53] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [49] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 16w ago · Daieuxetdailleurs · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 23w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+5326'}, {'amount': '+5112'}, {'amount': '+5146'} +14
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → canton of Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, arrondissement of Nice
    Official website → https://villefranche-sur-mer.fr/
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Nice metropolitan area, Unité urbaine de Nice
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