Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement of Nice

Menton

Menton is "The Lemon Festival Capital of the World". Located in , , but next to the border of , it is in many ways more Italian than French.
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  • Type: Town with 30,400 residents
  • Description: commune in Alpes-Maritimes, France
  • Also known as: “Mentone”
  • Postal code: 06500
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Menton station and Menton-Garavan station.

Railway station
Photo: Floflo, Public domain.
Menton is a railway station located in Menton, , southeastern . The station was opened in 1869 and is located on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway. The train services are operated by .

Railway station
Photo: Tangopaso, Public domain.
Menton-Garavan is a railway station in Menton, , .

Museum
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The Jean Cocteau Museum/Séverin Wunderman Collection is a museum in Menton, on the , in the department. Dedicated to the French artist Jean Cocteau, it incorporates the collection of American businessman and Cocteau enthusiast Séverin Wunderman.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Castellar.

Town
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, simply Roquebrune until 1921, is a commune in the department in the region, Southeastern , between and Menton. is situated 4 km west of Menton.

Village
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is a commune in the department in southeastern .

Village
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is a frazione of 281 inhabitants in the municipality of , in the province of . It is located near the French border of Ponte San Luigi.

Menton

Latitude
43.7754° or 43° 46′ 31″ north
Longitude
7.5029° or 7° 30′ 11″ east
Population
30,400
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
IATA airport code
XMT
United Nations Location Code
FR ETN
Open location code
8FM9QGG3+45
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1836366040
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2994497
Wiki­data ID
Q180083
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Menton” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Menton”
  • Albanian: “Menton”
  • Arabic: “منتون”
  • Aragonese: “Menton”
  • Armenian: “Մենթոն”
  • Armenian: “Մենտոն”
  • Arpitan: “Menton”
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  • Bambara: “Menton”
  • Bashkir: “Ментона”
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  • Belarusian: “Ментона”
  • Belarusian: “Мэнтона”
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  • Catalan: “Menton”
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  • Chinese: “Menton”
  • Chinese: “芒通”
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  • Egyptian Arabic: “منتون”
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  • Faroese: “Menton”
  • Finnish: “Menton”
  • French: “Caperan”
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  • Georgian: “მენტონი”
  • German: “Menton”
  • Greek: “Μαντόν”
  • Hebrew: “מנטון”
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  • Japanese: “マントン”
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  • Korean: “망통”
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  • Latin: “Mentonum”
  • Latvian: “Mantona”
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  • Ligurian: “Mentun”
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  • Lithuanian: “Mentonas”
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  • Mazanderani: “مانتون”
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  • Moksha: “Мэнтона”
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  • Ossetian: “Ментонæ”
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  • Persian: “مانتون”
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  • Prussian: “Menton”
  • Romagnol: “Menton”
  • Romanian: “Menton, Alpes-Maritimes”
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  • Russian: “Ментона”
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  • Tatar: “Ментона”
  • Thai: “ม็องตง”
  • Turkish: “Menton”
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  • Wu Chinese: “芒通”
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