Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement of Nice
Cap-d’Ail

Tête de Chien

The Tête de Chien is a 550 m high rock promontory near the village of in the department of France. It overlooks the Principality of Monaco, and is the highest point on the Grande Corniche road.
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Photo: DarioSpagnolo, CC BY-SA 1.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 550 metres
  • Description: mountain in France
  • Also known as: “la Tete de Chien”, “la Tête de Chien”, “La Tête de Chien”, and “Tete de Chien”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stade Louis II and Princess Grace Hospital.

Stadium
Photo: Валерий Дед, CC BY 3.0.
The , or simply Louis II is a located in the district of , near the border with commune of . It serves primarily as a venue for Athletics and football, being the home of AS Monaco.

Hospital
The Centre, named after Grace Kelly, is the only public hospital in .

Museum
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Oceanographic Museum, is a museum of marine sciences in , Monaco. This building is part of the Institut océanographique, which is committed to sharing its knowledge of the oceans.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jardin Exotique and Les Moneghetti.

Suburb
Photo: Rado Bahna, Public domain.
is the westernmost ward in the . It is incorporated in the traditional quarter of . ward was created in 2013, from the and La Colle wards, as part of an overall re-redistricting at that time.

Suburb
Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the north-central ward in the Principality of Monaco, bordering neighboring France. Moneghetti was incorporated in .

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
is the southernmost district of the Principality of Monaco. The district was designed by architect Manfredi Nicoletti and developed under the direction of Italian engineer Gianfranco Gilardini between the 1970s and 1990s.

Tête de Chien

Latitude
43.73181° or 43° 43′ 55″ north
Longitude
7.40273° or 7° 24′ 10″ east
Elevation
550 metres (1,804 feet)
Open location code
8FM9PCJ3+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1092139406
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
9252049
Wiki­data ID
Q3546930
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Satellite Map

Discover Tête de Chien from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Venetian—“Tête de Chien” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Testa di Cane”
  • Croatian: “Tête de Chien”
  • Dutch: “Tête de Chien”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تيت د كين”
  • French: “Tete de Chien”
  • French: “tête de Chien”
  • French: “Tête de Chien”
  • Hebrew: “טט דה שיאן”
  • Italian: “Testa di Cane”
  • Italian: “Tête de Chien”
  • Ligurian: “Testa de Can”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tête de Chien”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tête de Chien”
  • Norwegian: “Tête de Chien”
  • Venetian: “Tête de Chien”

Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tête de Chien”. Photo: DarioSpagnolo, CC BY-SA 1.0.