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Castagniers

Castagniers
The monastery
The monastery
Coat of arms of Castagniers
Location of Castagniers
Map
Castagniers is located in France
Castagniers
Castagniers
Castagniers is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Castagniers
Castagniers
Coordinates: 43°47′32″N 7°13′56″E / 43.7922°N 7.2322°E / 43.7922; 7.2322
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementNice
CantonTourrette-Levens
IntercommunalityMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-François Spinelli[1]
Area
1
7.52 km2 (2.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,687
 • Density220/km2 (580/sq mi)
DemonymCastagnérenques
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
06034 /06670
Elevation68–881 m (223–2,890 ft)
(avg. 382 m or 1,253 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castagniers (French pronunciation: [kastaɲe]; Occitan: Castanhiers; Italian: Castagnera) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 820—    
1975 958+2.25%
1982 1,076+1.67%
1990 1,229+1.68%
1999 1,359+1.12%
2009 1,516+1.10%
2014 1,561+0.59%
2020 1,674+1.17%
Source: INSEE[3]

Tourism

Castagniers is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the Route des Villages Perchés (Route of Perched Villages). The others are: Aspremont, Carros, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.