NICE, an ancient, handsome, and considerable town on the confines of France and Italy, and capital of a county of the same name, with a strong citadel, a bi-
shop's see. It had formerly a senate, and was a kind of a democracy. It was united to France during the late revolution, but was disjoined from it in 1814, and is now included in the dominions of Sardinia. It is very agreeably situated, four miles from the mouth of the river Var, 83 miles S. by W. of Turin. E. Long. 6. 22. N. Lat. 43. 42.