The
Côte d'Azur (; ; literally: 'Azure Coast'), often known in English as the
French Riviera, is the
Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of
France, also including the sovereign state of
Monaco. There is no official boundary, but it is usually considered to extend from the
Italian border (
Italian Riviera) in the east to
Saint-Tropez,
Hyères,
Toulon, or
Cassis in the west.