Monaco
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco), is a sovereign city-state and microstate, located on the French Riviera in Western Europe. France borders the country on three sides while the other side borders the Mediterranean Sea. Monaco has an area of 2.02 km2 (0.78 sq mi) and a population of about 37,800; it is the second smallest and the most densely populated country in the world. Monaco has a land border of 4.4 km (2.7 mi), a coastline of 4.1 km (2.5 mi), and a width that varies between 1,700 and 349 m (5,577 and 1,145 ft).
In 2014 it was noted about 30% percent of the population were millionaires, similar to Zürich or Geneva.
Open Water Swimming
The 180 km Odyssée Méditerranée course runs from Corsica to Monaco and will be attempted by Noam Yaron between 17-31 August 2024
