Sainte-Agnès is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes is a department in the extreme southeast corner of France.- History : was created by Octavian as a Roman military district in 14 BC, and became a full Roman province in the middle of the 1st century with its capital first at Cemenelum and subsequently at Embrun...

 department in southeastern France

France

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It is the highest coastal village in Europe, at 750m and one of the most beautiful villages in the Alpes-Maritimes.

Fort Maginot de Sainte Agnes

Ouvrage Sainte Agnes

Ouvrage Sainte-Agnès was a work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The fortification was built between 1932 and 1938...

 is now a museum and was built as part of the Maginot Line in 1932. It sits overlooking the city of Menton

Menton

Menton is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.Situated on the French Riviera, along the Franco-Italian border, it is nicknamed la perle de la France ....

 and the Mediterranean

Mediterranean Sea

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The narrow road to the village provides views of Roquebrune Cap Martin, Menton and on to Italy.

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