People in this area are in fact French citizens because it has been a colony of the French Republic since 1946.

这个地区的居民实际上是法国公民，因为自1946年以来，这里一直是法兰西共和国的殖民地。

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These local citizens now have to balance their traditional lifestyle with the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic.

这些当地居民现在必须平衡好传统的生活方式和现代法兰西共和国的生活方式。

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Menton is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic located on the Franco-Italian border, within the confines of the Coted'Azur and the Ligurian Alps.

门顿是在行政区划最低法兰西共和国一级的法国和意大利交界处，在对科特迪瓦蓝色海岸和利古里亚阿尔卑斯山的束缚。

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