Place details
Place nameMenton
Other namesMentone
CountryFrance
Latitude43.783
Longitude7.5
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located close to Italian border; famous health & winter resort; originally belonged to counts of Ventimiglia, a noble Genoese family; purchased in 14th cen. by princes of Monaco who governed it until 1848; purchased by France 1860; Grimaldi caves nearby.