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Monte Carlo Is A Town

I changed this page because the districts in Monaco are officialy counted as seperate towns. 3 April 2005

I'm sorry, but this is impossible : Monte Carlo is not a town, it is only a small (but famous) part of Monaco. Monaco is :

A country.
A town.
A capital.

(yes, all in one). Iznogoud 13:38, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually you are wrong as far as I was aware, Monaco was divided into several very small districts. Monte Carlo being one of them. It looks like your outnumbered. Mac Domhnaill 02:55, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Being outnumbered is irrelevant. Does either of you have a source to cite? — Dan | talk 02:56, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was no consensus for move. The request is not in keeping with our naming conventions, which ask that we use the most common name the subject is known by in English.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:10, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is It Monte Carlo or Monte-Carlo?

Is it spelled with a hyphen or without? 3 April 2005
The spelling in French (the official language of Monaco) is Monte-Carlo. You will find this spelling in all major French dictionaries and encyclopaedias line Le Larousse or Le Robert as well as on the webpages of the government of Monaco (http://www.gouv.mc/). --thomasgraz 07:36, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Monte Carlo → Monte-Carlo — The correct name is with hyphen. MH (talk) 16:52, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. This is the English language wikipedia. English language dictionaries provide the spelling only as "Monte Carlo", with no hyphen. French spellings differ in many ways from English spellings. 199.125.109.126 (talk) 05:02, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose page move. Need more evidence. "Monte Carlo" seems to be the English spelling. Sam⁵ (talk) 20:33, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose this is the English Wikipedia, not the French one. 76.66.196.229 (talk) 05:21, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Casino was not inspiration for Bond film

The Casion in Monaco wasn't the inspiration for the casino gambling scene and title for the Ian Fleming novel of "Casino Royale". This honour belongs to the Casino Estoril near Lisbon, Portugal. Ian Fleming famously visited the casino in Estoril. Source: Tourist Office Estoril. I'll delete the wrong sentence. Olagorie 15:35, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nor was Monte Carlo a location in the latest Bond Casino Royale casino poker game. It was set in Montenegro. Leeshipley (talk) 16:30, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Forbidden Gaming Rooms?

The citizens of Monaco are exempt from taxes, and they are forbidden to enter the gaming rooms. What exactly is meant by the end of this sentence? Only tourists and not citizens are permitted to enter the gaming rooms...? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.155.46.6 (talk) 14:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Exactly! That rule has been in effect since the casino opened. I have a second home in Antibes, France, just on the opposite side of Nice from Monaco and I visit Monte Carlo regularly. You have to show your passport to enter the Grand Casino of Monte Carlo. Dick Kimball (talk) 16:43, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Monte Carle

Can somebody expand info on Monte Carle as another reference to Monte Carlo. It almost sounds as though it has an adjectival use. Google brings up many many instances of Monte Carle. I first came across it [1] in the title of a song by [Fred Gilbert] 'The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carle'. Sung by Charles Coburn it becomes 'The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo'. And what might Monte Carle Simulations be? Brenont 18:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If "Monte Carle" is in usage anywhere it is probably in one of the, often obscure, dialects of the Mediterranean, where things tend to be written as pronounced. Giano 20:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About the simulations: I've just added a disambiguation link to the Monte Carlo method. "Monte Carlo simulation" (also "...Simulation" and "...simulations") points to the same page. In correct technical usage, it is definitely not spelled "Carle" in this context. Mtford 22:42, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Population

The article says that the population of Monte Carlo is around 30,000. However, the Monaco article states that the population of the entire country is only 32,000. What gives?

Biscuits

Monte Carlos are also a sort of biscuit, you guys. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.175.210.160 (talk) 08:15, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why...?

...are the citizens of Monaco prohibited from entering the game rooms? Jachra 18:04, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is because the revenue from the casino and the associated state enterprises is so great that the citizens (they may be subjects) do not pay tax, therefore the true Monaco economy cannot be ploughed back into the casino - the casino must profit from outside the principality to benefit the state. I suspect it is very much more complicated than that, and I may be completely wrong. Giano 19:08, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Monte Carlo method

I added a disambiguation link to the Monte Carlo method: it is highly notable in the fields of scientific computation and financial modeling, and is often described simply as "Monte Carlo". E.g. "The weather forecast was made using Monte Carlo," etc. Please discuss here if you disagree. Mtford 22:38, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Corrections

I have few corrections by referring to the French Monte-Carlo page, so please refer to it Blanchisserie 07:59, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Any mention of popular celiebrities living there

Does anybody want to mention some popular celebrities living there, mostly for tax reasons, like Ringo star who almost definitely has a house there for tax reasons (he doesn't want high American or British taxes)

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/ringo%20moves%20to%20monte%20carlo%20to%20avoid%20tax%20laws —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.249.55 (talk) 19:39, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Luciano Grimaldi

I'm new to this but just wanted to point out that the link to Luciano Grimald points to a modern day fictional character and not the historical character. How do I change this and does an article for the 16th century Luciano Grimaldi exist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamthedude (talk • contribs) 07:17, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinate error

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in simple.wikipedia.org Monte Carlo is in London? —88.182.163.218 (talk) 15:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed at simple:Monte Carlo — TRANSPORTERMAN (TALK) 19:25, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinate error

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The following coordinate fixes are needed for

—98.244.85.182 (talk) 19:15, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Declined coords appear to point to correct to the proper location, no specific fix requested. — TransporterMan (TALK) 16:14, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Area

Will somebody please fix the area? It currently lists Monte Carlo at 610 sq. kilometers which would make it larger than the entire country of Monaco according to its page which lists its area at slightly more than 2 sq. kilometers. Hatemakingnewid (talk) 15:51, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinate error

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The following coordinate fixes are needed for

—187.102.124.52 (talk) 00:29, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You haven't said what is wrong with the coordinates currently in the article, and they appear to me to be correct. If you still think that there is an error, please give a clear explanation of the problem, and someone will be along to help you. Deor (talk) 14:15, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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