Monaco, Frankreich.

Monaco is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by France to the north, east and west. The principality is home to 38,682 residents, of whom 9,486 are Monégasque nationals; it is widely recognised as one of the most expensive and wealthiest places in the world. The official language of the principality is French. In addition, Monégasque (a dialect of Ligurian), English and Italian are spoken and understood by many residents.
With an area of 2.02 km2 (0.78 sq mi), it is the second-smallest sovereign state in the world, after Vatican City. Its 19,009 inhabitants /km2 (49,230/sq mi) make it the most densely-populated sovereign state in the world. Monaco has a land border of 5.47 km (3.40 mi) and the world's shortest coastline of approximately 3.83 km (2.38 mi); it has a width that varies between 1,700 and 349 m (5,577 and 1,145 ft). The highest point in the state is a narrow pathway named Chemin des Révoires on the slopes of Mont Agel, in the Les Révoires ward, which is 161 m (528 ft) above sea level. The principality is about 15 km (9.3 mi) from the border with Italy. Since 2013, it consists of nine administrative wards, the largest of which is Monte Carlo (Monte Carlo/Spélugues, 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi)), and the most populous of which is Larvotto (Larvotto/Bas Moulins, 5,443 residents as of 2008). Through ongoing land reclamation, started in 1861 and accelerating in the 1960s, Monaco's small land mass has expanded by 20 per cent.

Monaco ist ein Stadtstaat in Südeuropa und liegt am Mittelmeer. Monacos Staatsform ist als konstitutionelle Monarchie verfasst. Staatsreligion ist der Katholizismus. Das Fürstentum ist nach der Vatikanstadt der zweitkleinste Staat der Erde. Monaco zählt 39.520 Einwohner (Stand: 2021) auf einer Fläche von 2,084 Quadratkilometern (rund 208 Hektar) und weist mit 18.831 Einwohnern je Quadratkilometer – extrem dicht besiedelt – die höchste Bevölkerungsdichte aller Staaten auf (gefolgt von Singapur und Bahrain). Von der Bevölkerung verfügen 77,5 Prozent nicht über die monegassische Staatsbürgerschaft. Der Staat liegt in den Seealpen und an der Côte d’Azur – der französischen Riviera – nahe der Grenze zu Italien.