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'''Menton''' ({{IPA-fr|mɑ̃tɔ̃|lang}}; {{IPA-oc|menˈta|lang}} [[Template:IPA-oc|[mɛnˈtɑ̃]]], written ''Menton'' in classical norm or ''Mentan'' in [[Mistralian norm]]; {{lang-it|Mentone}} {{IPA-it|menˈtoːne|}}) is a [[Commune in France|commune]] in the [[Alpes-Maritimes]] department in the [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] region on the [[French Riviera]], close to the Italian border.
Menton has always been a frontier town. Since the end of the 14th century, it has been on the border between the [[County of Nice]], held by the [[Duchy of Savoy|Duke of Savoy]], and the [[Republic of Genoa]]. It was an [[exclave]] of the [[Principality of Monaco]] until the disputed French plebiscite of 1860, when it was added to France. It had been always a fashionable tourist centre with grand mansions and gardens. Its temperate Mediterranean climate is especially favourable to the citrus industry, with which it is strongly identified.
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