Editing Nice (section)

===21st century===
In February 2001, European leaders met in Nice to negotiate and sign what is now the [[Treaty of Nice]], amending the institutions of the European Union.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/irish-referendum-on-nice-treaty-doomed-to-fail-again-189539.html|title=Irish referendum on Nice Treaty 'doomed to fail again'|work=[[The Independent]]|date=23 May 2002|first=Shawn|last=Pogatchnik|access-date=17 March 2020|archive-date=12 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512163639/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/irish-referendum-on-nice-treaty-doomed-to-fail-again-189539.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2003, local Chief [[Prosecutor]] [[Éric de Montgolfier]] alleged that some judicial cases involving local personalities had been suspiciously derailed by the local judiciary, which he suspected of having unhealthy contacts through [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] lodges with the defendants. A controversial official report stated later that Montgolfier had made unwarranted accusations.{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}

On 14 July 2016, a truck was [[2016 Nice truck attack|deliberately driven into a crowd of people]] by [[Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel]] on the [[Promenade des Anglais]]. The crowd was watching a fireworks display in celebration of [[Bastille Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/europe/nice-france-truck/index.html|title=Nice mayor: 'Tens of dead' when truck runs into crowd|last=Almasy|first=Steve|date=14 July 2016 |publisher=CNN|access-date=14 July 2016|archive-date=15 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715003411/http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/europe/nice-france-truck/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A total of 87 people were killed, including the perpetrator, who was shot dead by police.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/nice-truck-attack-claims-86th-victim/390715371|title=Nice truck attack claims 86th victim|date=19 August 2016|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|access-date=17 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821175505/http://www.startribune.com/nice-truck-attack-claims-86th-victim/390715371/|archive-date=21 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36800730|title=Nice attack: At least 84 killed during Bastille Day celebrations|work=BBC News |date=15 July 2016 |access-date=15 July 2016|archive-date=18 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418000800/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36800730|url-status=live}}</ref> Another 434 were injured, with 52 in critical care and 25 in intensive care, according to the Paris prosecutor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Duffield|first=Charlie|date=14 July 2020|title=Nice attack: What happened in the 2016 Bastille Day killings|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/nice-attack-2016-bastille-day-about-a4497486.html|access-date=25 February 2021|website=www.standard.co.uk|language=en|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727113049/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/nice-attack-2016-bastille-day-about-a4497486.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 29 October 2020, [[2020 Nice stabbing|a stabbing attack]] killed three people at the local [[Notre-Dame de Nice]]. One of the victims, a woman, was beheaded by the attacker.<ref name=reuters>{{cite news |title=Three dead as woman beheaded in knife attack at French church |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-security-nice/two-dead-in-knife-attack-in-french-church-official-say-terrorism-suspected-idUSKBN27E17D |work=Reuters |date=29 October 2020 |access-date=29 October 2020 |last=Gaillard |first=Eric |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030020807/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-security-nice/two-dead-in-knife-attack-in-french-church-official-say-terrorism-suspected-idUSKBN27E17D |url-status=live }}</ref> Several additional victims were injured. The attacker, who was shot by the police, was taken into custody. The [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic state]] claimed responsibility for both attacks.<ref name=ind>{{cite news |title=Nice stabbings: Woman decapitated and others killed in France knife attack |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nice-stabbings-attack-france-today-deaths-injured-latest-b1417706.html |work=The Independent |date=29 October 2020 |access-date=29 October 2020 |last=Tidman |first=Zoe |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029150916/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nice-stabbings-attack-france-today-deaths-injured-latest-b1417706.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021, the city was proclaimed a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]] as "Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera".<ref name="heritage2021"/>

On 18 July 2024, seven people from the same family, including three young children, three adults and a teenager were killed in [[2024 Nice arson attack|an arson attack]]. The fire also critically injured one other person and caused thirty other people to suffer from [[smoke inhalation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2024 |title=Suspected arson in crowded apartment kills seven in French city of Nice |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/suspected-arson-crowded-apartment-kills-seven-french-city-nice-2024-07-18/ |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>