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Comte de Nice shieldComte de Nice

(kōN-tā´nēs) (pron: cone-tay-neese)

Capital: Nice (pron: neese)
French annexation: 1860

The eagle represents the Holy Roman Germanic Empire, and the rocks are three mountains that surround the city of Nice: Mts. Alban, Gros, and Chauve.

Comte de Nice provincial map