Nice Côte d’Azur, French leading region for professional fulfillment
63% of employees in Nice report being fulfilled in their jobs. This result, drawn from the national survey conducted by 3Gem for Adobe Express in 2025, highlights the region’s ability to combine career opportunities with quality of life. This rate, above the national average, underscores the territory’s capacity to align professional opportunities with personal well-being. […]
Nice Jazz Fest 2025: a record-breaking edition
44,000 spectators at the Nice Jazz Fest and 25,000 at the Fest’OFF 28 artists over 4 days with 7 stages each evening Enhanced commitments to sustainability and inclusion A cultural economic driver in peak season The 2025 edition of the Nice Jazz Fest established itself as a key event in the cultural economy of the […]
Nice Côte d’Azur strengthens its commitment to ecological transition and housing
The Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis adopted the France Rénov’ territorial pact during the Metropolitan Council on July 11, 2025. This pact marks the transformation of the metropolitan energy renovation office into the Ecological Transition Office. Since its creation, the metropolitan office has financed energy audits for 4,500 housing units and eliminated fuel oil heating in […]
Sustainable city: Parc Méridia project enters implementation phase
The Parc Méridia project has officially entered its implementation phase as part of the France 2030 programme, “Demonstrators of the Sustainable City”. Titled “Parc Méridia: the productive city, a balance between social, economic, territorial and environmental development”, the project is led by EPA Nice Écovallée in partnership with the Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur, the City […]
Nice awarded the “Ma Ville se Ligue” label for its health prevention policy
Nice is the first city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region to receive the “Ma Ville se Ligue” label – level 3 ribbons – and ranks among the first four French cities to obtain this distinction. This certification highlights health prevention initiatives and concrete actions against preventable cancers. The label recognizes exemplary measures such as smoke-free […]
Invest Hong Kong discovering the fintech and green economy sectors
On June 27, 2025, the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis welcomed a delegation from Invest Hong Kong, as part of an economic prospection mission focused on two strategic sectors: fintech and the green economy. This visit, in which Team Nice Côte d’Azur took part, was part of an approach to present the innovation capacities and economic […]
Nice Airport Train Station, Europe’s First Bioclimatic Station
June 19, 2025 marks the official launch of construction for the Nice-Airport multimodal station in Saint-Augustin, with commissioning scheduled for 2029. This bioclimatic station will feature a photovoltaic canopy producing 600 megawatts per year and a 4,200 m² landscaped garden to limit the effects of climate change. The station will accommodate 3.8 million passengers per […]
Nice Convention Center: an infrastructure serving international events
On April 30, 2025, the convention center was officially handed over to the State and to Costa Rica in preparation for the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC-3), following works delivered on schedule. The Nice Convention Center, located on Quai Infernet, is set to become a key infrastructure for hosting international events. The convention center is […]
Air quality in Nice: significant reduction in fine particle pollution
Nice has cut PM2.5 fine particle concentrations around schools by 50% between 2019 and 2023, according to a report by the association Respire. Across the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis, emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) have dropped by 64%, and fine particle (PM2.5) emissions by 46% between 2008 and 2022, according to data from Atmosud, the […]
Nice remains the Top Major French Metropolis for quality of life
Nice ranks first for quality of life among major French metropolitan areas with over 300,000 inhabitants for the second consecutive year and 6th among cities with over 100,000 inhabitants, according to the 2025 ranking by the Association of Cities & Villages Where Life is Good, published on February 16 in the Journal du Dimanche. The […]
