The Urban community of Nice Côte d'Azur (French: communauté urbaine Nice Côte d'Azur), is the former intercommunal structure gathering the city of Nice (France) and some of its suburbs. It was created in December 2008. The Urban community of Nice Côte d'Azur encompasses essentially the eastern part of the metropolitan area of Nice (see infobox at Nice article for the metropolitan area), the western communes of the metropolitan area around Cannes and Antibes having refused to join in. Those parts of the metropolitan area that are not inside the Community have formed different intercommunal structures, such as: Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis, with Antibes and Valbonne in it Communauté d'agglomération du Moyen Pays Provençal Communauté de communes du Pays des Paillons etc. On 1 January 2012, the urban community and three communities of communes merged becoming the Metropolis Nice Côte d'Azur. Communes The Communauté urbaine comprised the following communes: Aspremont Beaulieu-sur-Mer Cagnes-sur-Mer Cap-d'Ail Carros Castagniers Coaraze Colomars Duranus Èze Falicon La Gaude Lantosque Levens Nice La Roquette-sur-Var Saint-André-de-la-Roche Saint-Blaise Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Saint-Jeannet Saint-Laurent-du-Var Saint-Martin-du-Var Tourrette-Levens La Trinité Utelle Vence Villefranche-sur-Mer References External links Official website Nice Cote d'Azur Alpes-Maritimes Nice