Monaco is a small monarchy in southern Europe on the Cote d'Azur in France. The royal family the Grimaldi originally came from Genoa. Its nearest neighbour is France and it is about 16 km from Italy. It hat an area of less than 2 km and a population of about 33,000 it takes less than an hour to walk from one end of the country to the other!
Monaco is the world's smallest French-speaking country but there are also many English ant Italian speakers there. It is famous for its Formula 1 Grand Prix one of the oldest car races in the world its large marina its casinos and hotels and its glamorous roval family. Monaco has a red and white flag.