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

Villefranche-sur-Mer

Villefranche-sur-Mer is a small beach resort and residential town on the . The deep water harbour is home to Mediterranean cruise boats, whose tenders routinely disgorge several thousand passengers on organised trips to nearby Eze Village and Monaco.
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  • Type: Village with 4,990 residents
  • Description: commune in Alpes-Maritimes, France
  • Also known as: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Postal code: 06230
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild and Nice-Riquier station.

Museum
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also called Villa Île-de-France, is a French seaside villa located at on the . Designed by the French architect Aaron Messiah, it was built between 1907 and 1912 by Baroness Béatrice de Rothschild.

Railway station
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Nice-Riquier is a train station on the line from to , situated in , in the department of in the region of , France.

Railway station
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Nice.

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is a commune in the département of . Its tranquility and warm climate make it a favourite holiday destination among the European aristocracy and international rich who visit the French Riviera.

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is a large city in on the . It's a popular destination for vacationers young and old, with something to offer nearly everyone.

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is a town in , .

Villefranche-sur-Mer

Latitude
43.7042° or 43° 42′ 15″ north
Longitude
7.31° or 7° 18′ 36″ east
Population
4,990
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR VFM
Open location code
8FM9P835+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1788600007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2968749
Wiki­data ID
Q207080
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Villefranche-sur-Mer” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Albanian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Arabic: “فيلفرانش سور مير”
  • Aragonese: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Armenian: “Վիլֆրանշ սյուր Մեր”
  • Arpitan: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Asturian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vilfranş syur Mer”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vilfranş-sür-Mer”
  • Bambara: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Basque: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Bavarian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Breton: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Buginese: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Cajun French: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Catalan: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Catalan: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Cebuano: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Chechen: “ВильфгӀанш-суьгӀ-МегӀ”
  • Chinese: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Chinese: “滨海自由城”
  • Chinese: “濱海自由城”
  • Corsican: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Croatian: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Croatian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Czech: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Danish: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Dutch: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Dutch: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيلفرانش سور مير”
  • Esperanto: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Esperanto: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Estonian: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Estonian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Faroese: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Finnish: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • French: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • French: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • French: “Villefranche”
  • Friulian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Galician: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • German: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • German: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Greek: “Βιλφράνς-συρ-Μερ”
  • Hungarian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Icelandic: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Ido: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Indonesian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Interlingua: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Interlingue: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Irish: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Italian: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Italian: “Villafranca Marittima”
  • Italian: “Villafranca”
  • Italian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Japanese: “ヴィルフランシュ＝シュル＝メール”
  • Kabyle: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Kalaallisut: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Kongo: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Korean: “빌프랑슈쉬르메르”
  • Kurdish: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Ladin: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Latin: “Villa Franca Niciensium”
  • Latin: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Latvian: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Latvian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Ligurian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Limburgan: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Lithuanian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Lombard: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Low German: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Low German: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Luxembourgish: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Malagasy: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Malay: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Minangkabau: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Narom: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Neapolitan: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Villefranche”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Villefranche”
  • Norwegian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Papiamento: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Persian: “ویلفرانش-سور-مر”
  • Picard: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Piemontese: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Polish: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Portuguese: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Portuguese: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Prussian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Romagnol: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Romanian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Romansh: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Russian: “Виль франш”
  • Russian: “Виль-франш”
  • Russian: “Вильфранш-сюр-Мер”
  • Sardinian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Scots: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Serbian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Sicilian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Silesian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Slovak: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Slovenian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Spanish: “Vilafranca de Mar”
  • Spanish: “Villefranche sur Mer”
  • Spanish: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Swahili: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Swedish: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Swiss German: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Tatar: “Вильфранш-сюр-Мер”
  • Turkish: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Ukrainian: “Вільфранш-сюр-Мер”
  • Uzbek: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Venetian: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Vietnamese: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Vlaams: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Volapük: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Walloon: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Welsh: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Wolof: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Yue Chinese: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • Zulu: “Villefranche-sur-Mer”
  • “Villefranche-sur-Mer”

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